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Public Expenditure & Reform Minister Brendan Howlin was in Wexford today to highlight the Government's capital investment programme for the South East region. 

The Minister was joined by Ministers of State Paudie Coffey and Ann Phelan and Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe. The Government has presented a new €42 billion framework for infrastructure investment in Ireland over the period 2016 to 2021, which will see investment in schools, health care, housing and policing in the South East. 

Speaking at the event, Minister Howlin said:

“For Wexford and the whole South East region, this means providing vital facilities for people in the form of roads, schools, health care, housing and policing, as well as investing capital spending to strengthen the environment for job creation. The plan itself will support an estimated 45,000 construction jobs. I am particularly pleased that the plan includes two major road projects of vital importance to the South East – the M11 Gorey to Enniscorthy and the N25 New Ross Bypass. Wexford will also benefit from eight new schools projects and an investment of €25.3 million to provide 677 social homes.”

Watch the video about the capital plan for the South East region below.

For more information, see the report on the capital plan for the South East here.