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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Has Mr. Watt read the special report of the European Court of Auditors on PPPs?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: It is the very aptly named special report entitled Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: It is the one that was referred to earlier.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: It was published by the European Court of Auditors.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Mr. Watt has not had a chance to read it. He might be surprised to learn that three PPPs in Ireland were examined as part of the report, which is far from glowing in its assessment of PPPs. As I said, the report is entitled Public Private Partnerships in the EU: Widespread shortcomings and limited benefits. I imagine there is some bedtime reading and some learnings for Mr. Watt in that report.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: That may be the case but I ask Mr. Ellison to take at face value the report of the European Court of Auditors, in which three projects in Ireland were evaluated. He may have a different view on whether those projects were PPPs and I take his word that they were not. My point is that, regardless of the examination carried out for that report, its title is Public Private Partnerships in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: There is debate regarding how we fund capital projects, whether that be through direct funding, charges for the service provided, general taxation, PPPs or a hybrid version of any such measures. Myriad options are available. There is a very healthy debate on whether or not we get value for money. The difficulty is that there is a dearth of genuine, transparent reporting and analysis in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: I have one final observation. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General and his office for the work they have done because the fact that this issue was in the special report allowed us to put a spotlight on it. He was very fair in outlining that there were difficulties, a lack of public debate and other issues to which he alerted this committee but also in outlining that there were...

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: The European Court of Auditors did not ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to hand the papers on to it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 4 - Overview of Public Private Partnerships (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: But did it seek that back door option?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (27 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise the issue of increasing trade ties between the EU and India at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (27 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of two additional mobile X-ray scanners for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13694/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (27 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in the Waterford division that received major refurbishments in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the works that were done in each station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (27 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will next meet the CEO of Science Foundation Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13695/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (27 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the air pollution standards which currently apply; the EU air pollution regulations; the EU air pollution regulations that are not part of Irish air pollution standards; his plans to update air pollution standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13692/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's understanding of the goods that will be listed on annex 2.1 of the protocol attached to the European Commission draft withdrawal agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Annex 2.1 of the proposed protocol attached to the European Commission draft withdrawal agreement lists goods which it says will be covered under any alignment of goods and services between North and South on the island of Ireland. Why is there a list of goods that are being covered , particularly as this would obviously suggest that some goods are not covered? Can the Tánaiste give a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: With respect, I think the Tánaiste has presented inaccurate information to the House. I read the draft protocol and also the draft withdrawal agreement. It is colour-co-ordinated, as the Tánaiste knows, and every single section that refers to Ireland and the protocol, with the exception of the common travel area, is in white, which means it is still to be agreed. He will also...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Paragraph 49 is not agreed. As I said, I have read it. I am not colour-blind.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (28 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: I have read it very well. Unless it is in green, it is not agreed. We had agreement in principle last November and December. That was when we had a political agreement which we were told was a cast-iron guarantee. My quarrel is not necessarily with the Minister but with the British Government. It seems to accept, in principle, all of these proposals but, in practice, it is not coming...