Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is the live costs, the maintenance. As Mr. Ó Foghlú can see, I mentioned two big schools in Portlaoise. There are several around. The value from an education perspective is very important. If a door has fallen off a hinge, someone broke into the school at the weekend or the central heating is not working, it is not the principal's problem. He or she gets on with the job of education. A company, Sodexo or one of that crowd, does all that. It relieves schoolteachers and the board of management of much nitty-gritty of looking after the building, which leaves them with more time for the purposes of what the school is about, which is educating the pupil. There are benefits. Has Mr. Ó Foghlú a way of building that in?

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