Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
National Roads, Light Rail and Metro: Discussion
2:00 am
Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
Mr. O'Connor mentioned the PPPs. I can understand, post crash, that there was a strong argument for having PPPs. Is he satisfied that using PPPs is the best value for public funds going forward? My view on PPPs is always coloured by the Criminal Courts of Justice, which were built on State land by an Australian investment company, Babcock & Brown. Over the 27 years of the lease, it will cost between €550 million and €600 million to build that complex. I believe it is a bad use of money. Is Mr. O'Connor satisfied that that is a satisfactory use of public funds for some of this necessary infrastructure?
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