National Development Plan | |
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Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta | |
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Type of project | Development planning |
Country | Republic of Ireland |
Launched | 1 January 1988 |
Closed | 31 December 2011 |
Status | Ended |
Website | www |
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.