Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for being so readily available to come before the committee. I know that any time we have asked the Minister of State, he is willing and able to come in front of the committee. However, it is regrettable the senior Minister is not here. I have not seen before on Revised Estimates that the Minister is not available to answer in regard to his Department. I have been on numerous committees before this one, and I even made sure to take a look at the committees that are ongoing this week to see which Minister was available to go in front of the committee. I appreciate that the Minister of State has taken the time but I do not think it is acceptable for the Minister not to be here. Nonetheless, I thank the Minister of State for coming in front of the committee.

My first question relates to subhead B17 on public private partnership costs. It identifies €40 million having been spent for 2023 and €39 million to be spent for 2024. Will the Minister of State confirm what that relates to and the names of the projects it relates to?