Response to Public consultation on the First Revision to the National Planning Framework

AmCham welcomes the opportunity engage with Government on its draft first revision of the National Planning Framework (NPF). Ireland’s population is forecast to significantly increase in the coming years, by approximately one million from 2022 to 2040 according to the ESRI. The NPF, alongside the National Development Plan (NDP) and Project Ireland 2040, will play a vital role in ensuring that this population growth is successfully catered for. In order to deliver on Ireland’s potential into the future, we must plan today to ensure Ireland is best placed to continue to compete at the highest level for future strategic inward investment. Ireland’s future economic prosperity is reliant on smart policy decisions now. Capacity building and infrastructure delivery, energy affordability, certainty and sustainability, excellence in research and talent, and digital transformation are all crucial to Ireland’s future success. It is important that the NPF lays a solid groundwork for the necessary growth in each of these areas into the future.

Read AmCham's full consultation response here