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

This week we have taken steps looking at how we can increase the information available relating to PPPs. My Department has published two separate sets of financial data. This can be accessed on the www.ppp.gov.iewebsite. The first set of data provides an update on the existing financial commitments table. This table contains detailed information on all PPP projects for which contracts have been signed and which are either operational or in construction. Information is broken out by individual project on the type of PPP model being used, the operational date of the project, the capital contractual value of the project, the total unitary payments made to the end of 2017, the projected future unitary payments for each project, other PPP-related costs, the total cost of each project and the year of final payment of the project. All told, it is a considerable amount of information.

The Deputy should note that the published data is intended to provide indicative information on PPP projects based on information provided to my Department by the relevant responsible Departments or agencies. The central PPP policy unit in my Department endeavours to ensure that the information is as accurate as possible but any queries on the details of specific projects should be confirmed directly with the State authorities responsible for those projects.

The estimated expenditure on PPP unitary payments will amount to approximately €1.2 billion up to 2021. This represents 4% of the total. With regard to water, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. This includes taking on responsibility for the water-related PPPs from the local authorities.

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