Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No, the caretaker provided is a human being. What I am saying is that is all part of what is provided by a PPP.

The laboratory and science rooms are fully equipped. We have to compare like with like in terms of value for money and they maintain it for the duration of the public private partnership.

We have provided a huge sum of money in capital for direct social housing. We have also provided two other mechanisms, a special purpose vehicle using the resources we got from the sale of BGE, which will be leveraged to provide resources for housing and a PPP bundle and which is being negotiated with local authorities particularly in the greater Dublin area.

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