Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of PPPs in operation; the commercial value of these plans; the number of PPPs due to be delivered under the national development plan; the monetary value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28060/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Central PPP Unit in my Department hosts a project tracker, available at www.ppp.gov.ie, showing PPP projects of an estimated value of €20m or over which have reached the stage of the appointment of client advisers or later stages. Because of the commercial sensitivity of the information, the indicative project values are presented in broad ranges as supplied by the Departments/Agencies involved. The current tracker lists 69 PPP projects at various stages of procurement, including 12 projects in operation in the roads, education and environment sectors — four in the range €20m-€50m ; four in €50m-€100m; one in €100m-€250m and three greater than €250m.

The NDP target for PPP investment (including PPPs funded by user charges) represents 7.2% ( i.e. €13.3 billion of total investment of €183.7 billion) over the seven years of the Plan. The Plan identifies the following projects to be brought forward for PPP procurement:

Arts: Abbey Theatre, National Concert Hall, National Conference Centre

Education: Bundles of primary schools, 3rd level institutes

Environment: Housing and Waste Management

OPW: Decentralisation accommodation projects

Justice Group: Criminal Courts Complex, Thornton Hall

Health: National Network for Radiation for Oncology Services

Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Offices for Decentralisation projects

Transport: Metro North, Metro West, Roads projects

The indicative value of these projects will be included in the project tracker when the projects reach the appropriate stage of procurement. A number of the projects are listed already in the tracker. Under the system of delegated sanction for capital expenditure, responsibility and accountability for individual projects rests with the individual Department/Agency involved. It would be a matter for the relevant Department/Agency involved to consider the provision of information on the commercial value of individual PPP projects in operation.