This is the latest (end 2003) Progress Report on the Economic and Social Infrastructure Operational Programme (ESIOP), one of five Operational Programmes prepared in the framework of the National Development Plan 2000-2006. The ESIOP provides for a total infrastructural investment of €26.018 billion in six Priorities- National Roads, Public Transport, Environmental Infrastructure, Sustainable Energy, Housing and Health Facilities. The Department of Transport is the managing authority for the ESIOP