Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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166. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 5 November 2015, if no new primary care centres have been delivered by way of public private partnerships since 2011; the number of such public private partnership delivered centres opened, by county, in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date, in tabular form; and the projected outturns for 2015. [41858/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The development of primary care is central to the Government's objective to deliver a high quality, integrated and cost effective health care service. Supporting infrastructure, procured through a combination of public and private investment, will facilitate the delivery of multidisciplinary primary health care.

There was no Public Private Partnership Primary Care Centre project delivery mechanism in place prior to the Infrastructure Stimulus Package announced in July 2012.Considerable progress has been made in progressing the primary care centre PPP project since July 2012.14 primary care centres have been identified as being suitable for the PPP model. These primary care centres are expected to open in early/ mid 2017. Please see spreadsheet below which provides the information by county on the PPP primary care centre project available at end September 2015.