National Development Plan

This article is about the Irish public works scheme. For the South African policy document, see National Development Plan 2030.

National Development Plan
Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta
Type of projectDevelopment planning
CountryRepublic of Ireland
Launched1 January 1988
Closed31 December 2011
StatusEnded
Websitewww.ndp.ie

National Development Plan (NDP, Irish: Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta) is the title given by the Irish Government to a scheme of organised large-scale expenditure on (mainly) national infrastructure. The first five-year plan ran from 1988 to 1993, the second was a six-year plan from 1994 to 1999 and the third ran as a seven-year plan from 2000 to 2006. A fourth National Development Plan ran from 2007 to 2011 (spending €70 million a day every day during this period). The main elements of the third plan were the development of a national motorway network between the major cities in Ireland. The upgrading of the rail network was a secondary scheme.

The ESRI conducted a review of the latest NDP in 2023.