Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 45 - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Financial Statements 2022: National Training Fund
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 19: National Training Fund

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Lemass:

I endorse what the Secretary General has said about moving to the final tender stage. That is the next stage in the process for the second PPP bundle. We are working towards getting to that. If it happens reasonably quickly, we hope to be in a position to do a final close at the back end of next year. That is all subject to negotiations that are still very much in play.

As regards land, there have been significant developments in the SETU in Waterford and Wexford. Agreement has already closed on the Waterford Crystal site.