Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Minister's party appears to have a strong preference for the PPP model over the traditional public service model of direct procurement or, indeed, the public service undertaking the actions itself. One of the companies concerned, the Capita group, has responsibility for a significant amount of housing to be brought forward in the Dublin area through three different projects. Given the absolutely tortuous failure of the Government in the current period to provide housing at a reasonable speed and cost, these projects are not delivering. The fact that the company is in difficulty means that assurance of delivery and so forth is even less reliable than it would have been at the outset.

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