Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The selling point for PPPs is that if one of the partners collapses, then, legally, the remaining partner must take on the responsibility. In this case, that is the Dutch Infrastructure Fund, one of the largest conglomerates in Europe involved in PPPs. This will involve serious reputational problems for it and it will be anxious to resolve this matter, so I was assured last week. Why is there not a proactive move on the part of the NDFA and the Government to ensure that the remaining partner, the Dutch Infrastructure Fund, meets its legal obligations immediately in order to ensure that the timeline agreed with these school communities will be fulfilled and that the facilities can be occupied? The NDFA and the Government cannot be passive onlookers; they must be proactive. I ask the Taoiseach to give instructions to the NDFA to ensure that this is done.

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