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

Regarding the first question, I am absolutely responsible for the allocation of capital funding and making sure it is spent in the way that is agreed with other Departments. In regard to the policy area for the roll-out of the broadband process, all issues and decisions relating to tendering are a matter for the Minister, Deputy Naughten, although I support and work with him in any way he requires and that I can.

Regarding public private partnerships, the review we have under way of capital expenditure that will culminate in the ten-year capital plan will include an assessment of the use we may make of public private partnerships in the future. All of that must be set against the fact that when we used public private partnerships in the past, we did them at a point at which the country was not able to borrow. Now that we are able to borrow, we have to look at the use of those funding schemes in a new light, which I am currently doing.

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