Investment reboot - Infrastructure for better lives, better business

The latest CEO Update to Ibec members from Danny McCoy

Dear member, 

This morning Ibec launched its submission to the mid-term Review of the National Development Plan (NDP), putting forward our ambition to make Ireland a great place to live and work.  

While plans for economic recovery must address multiple evolving aspects of both the Covid and Brexit crises, the experience of the past year has shown that Ireland now has unprecedented wealth-generating capacity to ambitiously resource this plan. A substantially enhanced and more ambitious NDP must therefore be central to the recovery strategy.  

The next ten years will see a transformation in the country. By 2030 there will be 1.1 million additional people on the island. We have also set ambitious targets to decarbonise society and the economy, implement the National Planning Framework to re-balance regional growth, and encourage major changes in how people live and work, over the coming years. Consideration must be given to future-proofing risk management so that growth is sustainable, competitive, inclusive and resilient. Skills, talent and innovation are identified as drivers for resilient and sustainable growth. 

Amongst our key recommendations include: 

Government will not achieve these ambitions without careful planning and significant investment and an enhanced ambition in its longer-term planning and infrastructure goals. For prosperity and quality of life to go hand in hand, we need to build an Ireland that better manages economic growth and demographic change. 

A full copy of our submission, along with a briefing document containing an overview of the key recommendations from the report can be found below. Ibec will be actively campaigning on this important agenda over the coming weeks and months. 

As always, if you have any queries please get in touch.  

Best wishes,  

Danny McCoy 

CEO 

Ibec