The State of Ireland 2018
The State of Ireland 2018
Engineers Ireland publishes The State of Ireland report, an annual assessment of Ireland’s infrastructure. Each year, panels of expert engineers grade each sector of infrastructure and recommend two-year and five-year actions.
2018 scorecard
The current state of Irish infrastructure is ‘mediocre’. Infrastructure is inadequately maintained, and/or unable to meet peak demand, and requires significant investment.
The State of Ireland 2018 focuses on water, wastewater and flooding. You can read our analysis and recommendations below.
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Previous reports
Previous State of Ireland reports focused on other sectors of infrastructure such as energy, transport, communications and waste. You can read these below.
National Development Plan 2018-2027
In the National Development Plan 2018-2027, the Irish Government committed to €116 billion investment in infrastructure. The table below sets out 20 major capital projects to be completed by 2027. Engineers Ireland calls for the timely and efficient delivery of these important projects.
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
Metro Link |
3.0 |
2027 |
|
BusConnects for Dublin, Cork & Galway |
2.4 |
2027 |
|
DART expansion |
2.0 |
2027 |
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
M20 Cork to Limerick |
0.9 |
2027 |
|
N6 Galway Ring Road |
0.6 |
2025 |
|
N21/N69 Limerick to Adare to Foynes |
0.3 |
2025 |
|
M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy |
0.2 |
2024 |
|
N5 Westport to Turlough |
0.2 |
2023 |
|
N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom |
0.2 |
2022 |
|
N8/N25/N40 Dunkettle Interchange |
0.1 |
2021 |
|
N4 Collooney to Castlebaldwin |
0.1 |
2021 |
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
Second Parallel Runway at Dublin Airport |
0.3 |
2021 |
|
Alexander Basin Redevelopment at Dublin Port |
0.2 |
2022 |
|
Ringaskiddy Redevelopment at Port of Cork |
0.1 |
2020 |
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
Celtic Interconnector |
1.0 |
2025 |
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
National Broadband Plan |
1.0 |
TBA |
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
Eastern and Midlands Water Supply Project |
1.3 |
TBA |
|
Greater Dublin Drainage Project |
0.5 |
2025 |
|
Vartry Water Supply Scheme |
0.2 |
2020 |
|
Ringsend Wastewater Treatment Plant |
0.2 |
2020 |
|
Projects |
Cost
(€ billion) |
Expected
completion |
|
Social housing provision as part of Rebuilding Ireland |
11.6 |
n/a |
|
Retrofitting for energy efficiency |
4.5 |
n/a |
|
Regional and Local Roads |
4.5 |
n/a |
|
National Roads (other than projects above) |
3.0 |
n/a |
|
Urban regeneration and development |
2.0 |
n/a |
|
Energy (other than project above) |
12.7 |
n/a |
|
Health |
10.9 |
n/a |
|
Education |
8.8 |
n/a |
|
Flood defences |
1.0 |
n/a |