Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I welcome the commitment from the Department and the agencies present to publishing more information about value for money. It is a recommendation which we have previously made. On previous occasions, Departments had indicated that they had some concerns about the timing of publication and commercial sensitivities that might arise. There are ways of working with the information and of putting useful information into the public domain which, as Deputy Burke mentioned earlier, would help to build confidence in procurement through public private partnership, PPP, where it can be demonstrated that it delivers good value for money.