Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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66. To ask the Minister for Health the level of PFI, private finance initiative, or PPP, public private partnership, that currently exists in the health system; the details of any hospitals, primary care centres or other infrastructure and capital that is currently financed under PFI or PPP; the details of all such contracts; the annual PFI and PPP charges on each of these and in total including the unitary charges, the availability fees and the service charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37853/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Currently, the first Health public private partnership (PPP) project is underway. Primary care centres will be delivered at the following 14 locations - Summerhill, north inner city Dublin; Coolock/Darndale, north city Dublin; Kilcock; Wexford town; Waterford city; Dungarvan; Carrick-on-Suir; Limerick city; Tuam; Ballinrobe; Claremorris; Westport; Boyle and Ballymote. Assuming progress is maintained, primary care centres at six locations are projected to open Q3/Q4 2017. These are Limerick city; Tuam; Ballinrobe; Claremorris; Boyle and Ballymote.

This project is being delivered using the Design, Build, Finance, and Maintain (DBFM) model. The contract period is 25 years. The PPP company will deliver the 14 primary care centres and will be responsible for providing facilities management services only. The HSE will pay the PPP company a total annual unitary charge payment of circa €17m, in monthly instalments. All costs, including the design, build, finance and maintenance (DBFM) costs as required in the contract, are included in this annual unitary charge. At the end of the 25 year contract, the centres will be handed over to the HSE who will become responsible for the facility management services provided by the PPP company.

A next phase of the State's PPP programme, which includes a Health PPP, was announced in 2015. Recently, the HSE submitted its initial report on project suitability which is being considered by the Department.