The Government has attempted to steer future economic
development by folding details of its 10-year National Development Plan into a
20-year National Planning Framework. The two documents are uncomfortable
bedfellows at times, because of disparate Cabinet decisions rooted in political
considerations, but the broad approach and capital expenditure commitments
represent positive developments. The framework document set out in
dispassionate terms what was needed to accommodate a rapidly growing population
while, at the same time, moderating the growth of Dublin in favour of regional
cities and more balanced development. It generated a fierce reaction from
elected representatives in those areas that would not gain immediately. Changes
were made. Ministerial demands and plans for rural development were
accommodated.
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