John Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have one brief question relating to the PPP model. Both Deputy Michael Conaghan and I would have been members of Dublin City Council before being elected to the House. Although we had some positive experiences of PPPs, of which there are many throughout the country, we also recollect one quite significant negative PPP, where people were waiting for houses to be built, that fell through from one particular side. Is anything taken into account in respect of anyone from the private side who might have been part of a proposed PPP who did not follow through on their agreement, and is such a person blacklisted? Do the representatives take into account any other examples of public private partnerships that have taken place and the ability of those particular companies to deliver or is the slate wiped clean in respect of their past history in Ireland or in other countries?