John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the PPP contracts that account for an increase in PPP liability from €6 billion in 2013 to €9.6 billion in 2016; and the details of increased PPP liabilities since 2016. [18763/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department's role in relation to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) is to maintain and develop the general policy framework (including, where necessary, the legal framework) within which PPPs operate. It also provides central guidance to other Departments and State Authorities in that context.  My Department has no direct involvement in the procurement or delivery of individual PPP projects.

A summary update on PPP projects is available at the website www.ppp.gov.ie.  A copy of the updated table is set out as follows for the Deputy's information.  The table summarises information on PPP projects across the public sector indicating for each project, the value of the contract, the operational date of the project and the name of the company to which the contract was awarded. 

The Deputy should note that the table is intended to provide indicative information in relation to PPP projects generally, based on information provided to my Department by the relevant responsible Departments/Agencies. The Central PPP Policy Unit in my Department endeavours to ensure that the information is as accurate as possible but details on specific projects should be confirmed with the State authorities responsible for those projects.

As the Deputy will see from the details supplied in the table, there have been a number of additional PPP projects where contracts have been signed since 2013, such as the Primary Care Bundle, the Courts Bundle, Schools Bundle 4 and 5 and a number of roads projects, which account for the increase in liabilities arising from PPPs since 2013. 

This Table is currently in the process of being updated to reflect the position as at end-2017, which will be published on the website as soon as possible

Exchequer funded financial commitments under Public Private Partnerships and Concession Projects

* Education figures to be validated

**Figures include a provision for a VAT bullet payment when due.

[1]  The Payments for Limerick Tunnel include payments required to be made under the traffic guarantee contract mechanism.  The nominal value of remaining payments as at 31 December 2015 does not include any amounts for future payments under this mechanism.

[2]  The Payments for M3 Clonee Kells include payments required to be made under the traffic guarantee contract mechanism.  The nominal value of remaining payments as at 31 December 2015 does not include any amounts for future payments under this mechanism.

Notes 

1. Estimates of future nominal committed payments are calculated on an assumed future annual inflation of 2 per cent per annum.

2. PPP Unitary expenditure by TII relates to construction, operation and availability payments.

3. Other PPP expenditure relates to VAT, rates, enabling works, authority variations etc.

4. A review of "Other PPP Payments" is currently being undertaken by the Dept. of Education and figures will be provided following completion of the review.  Total PPP cost figures are also subject to change in that context.

5. Rounding affects totals.