Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Private finance invariably proves to be more expensive than money accessed by Government. We have demonstrated previously how money can be raised to finance projects more cheaply. The Government can do this more cheaply through publicly funded enterprise.

What steps is the Minister taking to employ the lessons learned from the failed PPP pilot project in terms of its rationale and criteria rather than specifically in terms of the schools in question? Will the Minister assure the House that we will see better performance on a financial——

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