Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

In regard to public private partnership, PPP, projects in 2021 and 2022, housing, local government and heritage are included as bundle 1 and bundle 2, and there is an amount listed. Increasingly, we have been hearing about social housing becoming a product, which is very difficult to get your head around. I have certainly seen some local authorities opting for a long lease arrangement as opposed to building; they lease for 25 years, then there is a four-year review and the house goes back to the original owner after 25 years. Effectively, we are paying the mortgage on it for 25 years. Would that have been something the Department would consider or is it decided at the individual Department level?