Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public private partnership projects that have reached contract stage in the year to date. [27296/11]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 291: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the public private partnership projects currently committed to by the Government and the stage that each project is at in tabular form. [27297/11]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 290 and 291 together.

My Department is responsible for the overall PPP investment framework, including the framework for the appraisal, assessment, procurement and evaluation of projects. Individual Departments are responsible for the projects and programmes in their areas, within that overall framework.

There are currently 36 PPP projects committed to by Government; these projects are listed in the table below. Of these 36 projects, 8 have been privately financed and the cost of the project will be paid by the State over a long period of time (usually 25 years) via annual unitary payments. Nine are concession projects which are financed via user charges (e.g. tolls). Of the remaining projects 18 are Design, Build and Operate (DBO) projects which are financed directly from the Exchequer and one project (a social housing project) was procured on the basis of a land swap with a developer. These latter projects are not considered PPPs in the classic sense due to the fact that they are not privately financed.

No further projects have reached contract stage in 2011 to date; however, I understand that there are five PPP projects currently at various stages of the procurement process. Of these the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) is acting as the procuring authority for three in the education sector.

PPP projects committed to by Government as of 3rd October, 2011

*Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain

** Concession projects are funded through user charges (e.g. tolls)

† Design, Build and Operate