Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures his Department will take to prevent further abuses of public private partnership arrangements in view of the recent High Court decision terminating the National Aquatic Centre lease due to non-payment of rent and VAT by its operators. [12408/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The National Aquatic Centre building was not procured by means of a public private partnership arrangement. We understand that the court proceedings, to which the Deputy refers, concerned issues related to the lease for the operation of the centre granted by an entity which is under the ambit of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, to whom any questions should be directed.