Extension of public consultation phase on National Development Plan gives everyone a chance to have a say – Buttimer 2nd February 2021 - Senator Jerry Buttimer Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer is advising that the deadline for submissions to the public consultation phase of the National Development Plan has been extended to the 19th of February, giving everyone the chance to have a say. Senator Buttimer was speaking after a meeting of the Oireachtas Transport and Communications Networks committee, which heard an update on the National Development Plan review from Ms Anne Graham, Chief Executive, National Transport Authority and Mr Peter Walsh, Chief Executive, Transport Infrastructure Ireland.