Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

As the Deputy knows, the education project is finished. I do not believe there are any additional ones in the education area. A number of PPP projects are envisaged to deal with waste water, including those in Dublin and Cork, which are completed. These involved local authorities and the Department and it is intended to do a number of others in which the State will put in substantial money. They are considered to be good projects for PPPs and are considered by the Department of Finance to be very beneficial. There are some difficulties with the Ringsend project, which is a PPP, but I hope that will be resolved. It is still considered a good way to deal with waste water plants.

Regarding roads, to the best of my knowledge, the Waterford project, which is a very large PPP project, is held up in planning. A number of other large road projects are considered to be good, but unfortunately I do not have a list of them. The biggest PPP project under construction is the Kinnegad road.

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