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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) Peter Burke: I thank the witnesses for taking the time to present to us and I thank the C&AG for his report. Does Mr. Watt think PPPs represent value for money for the Exchequer? Furthermore, does he think they are adequately transparent in terms of the reporting requirements to the C&AG and the taxpayer?
- 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) Peter Burke: How many post-project reviews have been published from the various projects that were undertaken?
- 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) Peter Burke: To answer the question, then, how many have been published?
- 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) Peter Burke: Go ahead.
- 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) Peter Burke: I thank the Chairman.
- 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) Peter Burke: I am not sure if I did because there were a number of addendums to the answer at the end. Mr. Watt said that he thought there were none.
- 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) Peter Burke: I shall return to my original question. Does Mr. Watt think that public private partnerships, PPPs, on the basis that the post-project reviews have not been published, are transparent for the taxpayer and, indeed, the Comptroller and Auditor General, in terms of us independently assessing whether we get value for money?
- 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) Peter Burke: But as it stands currently-----
- 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) Peter Burke: No. I first asked Mr. Watt whether there is transparency for the taxpayer and the Comptroller and Auditor General to assess this matter. A number of projects have been undertaken using the PPP model but no post-project reviews have been published. In other words, I, as a taxpayer and as a member of this committee and, indeed, the Comptroller and Auditor General who audits these issues, are...
- 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) Peter Burke: I am sure that information could be found in a post-project review.
- 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) Peter Burke: Some of these roads are open and in operation, and other buildings, for a significant period. Let us consider the Department of Education and Skills and, indeed, the national roads infrastructure. Does Mr. Watt think it is good enough that we, as a committee, or, indeed, the taxpayer at large, do not possess post-project reviews for these projects?
- 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) Peter Burke: But we have not got them.
- 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) Peter Burke: Why have we not received the reviews?
- 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) Peter Burke: I thank everyone for the information. I am very concerned about the delay in publishing these reports because the taxpayer needs to be in possession of such information in order to make a credible judgment. In terms of Project Ireland 2040 and the fact that the economy has significantly improved, has the State resiled from PPPs? Has the State walked away from them?
- 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) Peter Burke: Having read the document, the PPP model has not been referenced as much as one would have thought but that is obviously due to the economy. One must ask the following questions. Are PPPs value for money? Do they impose huge risks on taxpayers? Does Mr. Watt agree that PPPs are risky for taxpayers?
- 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) Peter Burke: The recent report from the European Court of Auditors published on 20 March raises a huge number of concerns about the value for money regarding PPPs. Of the three projects in Ireland, one would be termed a PPP but I am at a loss to understand the reason for that because it was not completed. "NA" is in all the boxes in the tabular format; they do not seem to reference it much. In terms of...
- 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) Peter Burke: Yes, 20 March.
- 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) Peter Burke: It covered one, the N17-N18, but it was not completed in terms of some of the details-----
- 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) Peter Burke: -----so they could not do a full assessment of it. However, if the State is in severe economic distress and it uses PPP as a model for off-balance sheet, there are significant risks for the State in terms of competition. We have seen a number of those that have not worked out as one would have envisaged.
- 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) Peter Burke: There is a more significant risk in one that is backed by a PPP.