Infrastructure Guidelines (IGs) Review and Submission Schedule

Submission Deadline and Committee and Board Meeting Schedule

The submission deadline for consideration at CPC/Board is typically the date of the Board meeting in the preceding month as outlined below.  The Capital Programme Committee meets in the week preceding the board.

¹ All dates are subject to change.

² The submission deadline for May Board is 4 weeks in advance of the board meeting, this is to allow sufficient time to review deliverables.

The material to be submitted

The material to be submitted for review is as follows:

• Final version of the relevant IGs deliverable seeking Approval Gate Approval
  • Preliminary Business Case [PBC];
  • Detailed Business Case, Project Execution Plan and Procurement Strategy [DBCPEPPS]; or
  • Final Business Case [FBC].
• Final version of the documents which TAF also requires submission to the Approving Authority.
  • Prior to PBC: Project/Programme Outline Document [POD] (only for schemes with estimated capital costs over €20m)
  • Between the submissions of the POD and PBC: Longlist Assessment Report [LAR] (only for schemes with estimated total costs over €200m).
• Please bear in mind that the review will be conducted only on final versions, and not on Drafts. All legible intended appendices should also be submitted accompanying the full report.
• An executive summary report is required if the full document is greater than 10 pages. As a general guideline, the executive summary report should be no more than 10% in length of the full document.