The €13 billion from the Apple case will not be available to use until March, while further €3 billion from sale of AIB shares is also available
Taoiseach Simon Harris flanked by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton at the Fine Gael think in in Tullamore.
It is understood that no substantive discussion at Government level has yet occurred but such conversations would begin in earnest over the coming week. Some of the State’s biggest and most pressing infrastructure requirements could benefit, sources indicated. Housing was the area that was primarily identified, in addition to water infrastructure, the national grid and roads.
Fine Gael strongly supports the establishment of a department of infrastructure, although there is less enthusiasm for the idea within Fianna Fáil, where some expressed a view that it would duplicate the work of existing departments.“There is a significant amount of new infrastructure the State does need to build in the years ahead. That’s where the real money will be spent.
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