Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The only one missing an opportunity here is Sinn Féin by the Deputy's not taking the opportunity to listen to the answer I gave. I made very clear that the capital spending review will consider the options, benefits and costs that such PPPs offer. Many projects have already been built but because they were pursued under the PPP model, there are payments the State will have to honour in coming years in respect of their maintenance. As the Deputy knows, many documents are not made public because they are commercially sensitive and because of the agreements we have made with Irish and international companies that have been paid to deliver significant infrastructure projects. I am not committing to more PPPs because I want to do the work to ensure I do the right thing for the infrastructure projects the State needs.

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