- Bulletin 26-1: Public Investment in Transport Infrastructure: A Competitiveness and Productivity Perspective
- Appointment of new Chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
- Bulletin 25-5: Benchmarking the Performance of Ireland’s Public Administration, 2024
- NCPC Welcomes Publication of Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan
- Budget 2026 and Competitiveness: Navigating Uncertainty
- NCPC Welcomes Government's Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity
- Call for Expressions of Interest - Member of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council
- Bulletin 25-4: IMD World Competitiveness Rankings
- Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2025
- The Chair presents to the second annual Competitiveness Summit of Ministers hosted by the Taoiseach
- Bulletin 25-3: The Competitiveness Implications of Post-Pandemic Learning Losses
- Bulletin 25-2: Re-estimating Ireland’s International Competitiveness Performance
- Retrospective Review, 2020-2023
- NCPC's South-East Regional Seminar
- Bulletin 25-1: Developments in Ireland's National Productivity Statistics
- The Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2024
- Budget 2025 and Competitiveness: Investing in Ireland’s Future Prosperity
- NCPC Chair attends the Competitiveness Summit
- Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2024
- Bulletin 24-4 IMD World Competitiveness Rankings
- Bulletin 24-3 Competitiveness and the Housing Market in Ireland
- NCPC's Mid-West Regional Seminar
- NCPC Welcomes DETE-ESRI Joint Economic Research Programme Seminar
- Bulletin 24-2 Ireland’s Competitiveness and Productivity Framework
- ESRI Publish Working Paper of DETE ESRI Joint Research Programme
- Bulletin 24-1 Re-estimating Ireland’s International Innovation Performance
Bulletin 26-1: Public Investment in Transport Infrastructure: A Competitiveness and Productivity Perspective
The NCPC is pleased to publish Bulletin 26-1 on Public Investment in Transport Infrastructure: A Competitiveness and Productivity Perspective. Transport infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic competitiveness, productivity, and sustainable development.
Although Ireland has performed strongly in the IMD’s ranking for global competitiveness with an overall ranking of 7th in 2025, our performance with regard to infrastructure continues to weigh on the overall ranking. Looking specifically at basic infrastructure (water, energy and the density of road and rail networks), Ireland ranks 44th – out of 69 economies. The basic infrastructural deficit in relation to transportation is particularly significant. According to the IMF, Transport-specific deficits have been shown to be more acute, with Ireland’s net capital transport stock 41% below average levels of high-income European countries compared to 32% in relation to general physical infrastructure. In that regard, the National Development Plan presents a valuable opportunity to address transport related infrastructural deficits, with an additional €24.3bn earmarked for transport investment between 2026 and 2030 (with the bulk of funding being allocated to Public Transport and Road Networks).
This bulletin outlines the state of Irelands infrastructure, giving consideration to the economic consequences of our infrastructural deficit and delving into the positive externalities of transport investment beyond simply alleviating congestion, such as improving the usage of land for housing purposes and facilitating increases in labour supply by mitigating commuting costs.
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