Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have a very close liaison with the NDFA. It is part of the NTMA family so it comes under the Department of Finance, but the Secretary General of my Department is a board member of the NDFA. The NDFA is very proactive and my staff and I meet with the NDFA all the time. When I go to meetings with the European Investment Bank or others, a representative from the NDFA normally attends also. It is driving the agenda for us in a very clear and co-ordinated way.

I might do a separate briefing note for the Deputy on the roll out of public private partnerships, where we expect to have PPPs for schools, primary health care centres and so on.