Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the funding model being used to finance the building of the 20 primary health care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51173/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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On the 17th of July 2012, the Government announced its plans for an additional 2.25 billion euro investment in public infrastructure projects in Ireland. The stimulus package comprises two elements: 1.4 billion euro to fund the proposed new Public Private Partnerships (PPP) programme. This will come from the European Investment Bank, the National Pensions Reserve Fund, domestic banks and other potential sources of funding. The National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) and the Department of Finance are leading on sourcing this funding and are liaising with my Department in this regard; 850 million euro coming from the proceeds of the sale of State assets and from the new licensing arrangements for the National Lottery, to be used as a project preparation facility for the new PPP programme and to fund additional Exchequer capital projects and other commercial and publicly needed projects.

The PPP investment will be directed towards projects that meet key infrastructural needs and are in line with the priorities in the Government's Investment Framework. In the case of the primary healthcare centres the NDFA is the procuring authority and is working closely with the Department of Health and the HSE in the development of the projects, including development of the project specific details of the funding. The projects selected are from the education, health, transport and justice sectors. Further information about the stimulus package and about the PPP projects is available on the website www.ppp.gov.ie.