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

Public private partnerships have served us well in delivering many projects, either more cost-effectively than we would have been able to do them in the past, or indeed projects that we would not have been able to make happen at all in the past. I believe private financing and the role of public private partnerships generally in the future will continue to be of great help to us in making important projects happen. My key point, however, is that the answer to the question whether PPPs help will vary from project to project. There are particular projects - for example, in the area of transport - for which PPPs will be really valuable and will help. I will continue to approach the matter on a case-by-case basis to ensure we get good value for the taxpayer and are able to move ahead with important projects.

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