The PPP unit of the Department of Finance has responsibility for leading, driving and co-ordinating PPPs in Ireland. Experts from the central unit have already made significant contributions to developing early pilot projects, to stimulating competitive markets for PPPs and for agreeing with the social partners a framework for PPPs. In addition, the central PPP unit has been instrumental in achieving PPP contracts which provide for the benefits of any private sector re-financing to be shared with the public sector. This has been lauded in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.