Ruairí Quinn
Question:64 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Finance the proposals, if any, he has for the public-private partnership in the context of the proposed national development plan. [11527/99]
Written Answers. - National Development Plan.
Work is ongoing in my Department on developing proposals for Government on priorities and overall resources for the National Development Plan, 2000-2006. I am not accordingly in a position to go into details of the plan. It would be my intention that we will seek to exploit the full potential of public private partnerships in the NDP, particularly in relation to addressing the infrastructural deficit.
In looking at the scope for public private partnership projects, the key considerations are value for money for the Exchequer over the lifetime of the project, and their priority at national level.
I believe that there is real scope to deepen and widen co-operation between the private and public sectors and I am committed to public private partnership in the future development of our infrastructure.