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

The Deputy mentioned the challenges of disaggregating the data and that is why we have now provided the information project by project and Department by Department. In the past too much information was not made available relating to PPPs under the auspices of the claim of commercial sensitivity. We can get a better balance and there is much information we can share that does not undermine the ability of the State to get good value while respecting the contractual obligations that we have to people involved with delivering projects. I have believed this since I was a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, and it is one of the reasons we published the data. As a Member of the House, the Deputy is entitled to know as much as we can make available to him on certain projects.

I have the report on PPPs and I anticipate publishing it soon. With respect to water, Irish Water has now been brought fully on to the balance sheet of the Exchequer so virtually all the capital projects it is involved with are no longer classed as PPPs.

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