Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What do we want to know in advance? We have spoken this morning about the State pre-paying for services that may not ultimately be delivered. This is a rolling situation. In the case of the school projects held by Carillion the State had not paid up. The PPP company was carrying the cost until such time as it handed it over, and then the State was to pay an annual leasing. The State made no prior payment and was not caught if something went wrong. Is this proposal a proposal for the State to pay up from year one on an ongoing basis? At what stage does the taxpayer start putting money into this programme, or does that happen from day one?