Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 June 2021
109. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a requirement to include a mechanism with PPPs obliging county councils to review and audit aspects of an agreement at a certain time once they have entered these arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29989/21]
Amharc ar fhreagraAll Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects should be managed and implemented in line with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines which make provision for the appropriate review of the Project following its completion, by requiring the Sponsoring Agency to prepare a Project Completion Report.
In the case of the Social Housing PPP Programme, which consists of three Bundles of sites, my Department fulfils the role of Approving Authority and the leading local authority with the greatest number of projects in each bundle is given the task of acting as the Sponsoring Agency on behalf of all the local authorities involved. The National Development Finance Agency acts as financial advisers to the Programme.
As part of the governance arrangements each Bundle has a Project Team and a Project Board which are made up of representatives from the Approving Authority, the Sponsoring Agency, the participating local authorities, the National Development Finance Agency and a Process Auditor.
The Sponsoring Agency, in consultation with the relevant participating local authorities, will shortly be developing the Project Completion Report for Bundle 1 of the Social Housing PPP Programme, which will be published in due course.
