Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 April 2026
75. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of public private partnership contracts the State awarded for national infrastructure projects from 2022-2025; to provide a breakdown of the costs to the Exchequer for each of these projects, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29186/26]
View answerIn the period 2022 - 2025 3 contracts were awarded for PPP infrastructure projects, the Higher Education Bundle 1 contract was awarded on 20 December 2022, the Community Nursing Unit Bundle was awarded on 7 December 2022, and the Higher Education Bundle 2 contract was awarded on 26 June 2025.
The full nominal cost to the Exchequer of unitary payments for the Higher Education 1 bundle will be €688 million out to 2050, as detailed on the Financial Commitment spreadsheet published at www.gov.ie/en/public-private-partnership/publications/projects/ , the Community Nursing Unit unitary payments will amount to €689 million out to 2040. The Higher Education Bundle 2 project is currently in construction and I do not have details of future costs for this project.
