Though all actions are ultimately contingent upon support from the Government, the Action Plan will help establish a state of readiness for development partners.
Taken together, these developments suggest there is unlikely to be an Irish sovereign default in the next few years and the country is likely to move out of its current EU-IMF programme towards some mix of private funding combined with actual and contingent official support.
Last Friday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee that Arab support for Israel's bid to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is contingent on its agreeing to support the rapid establishment of a Palestinian state.