PPP plan will transform college campuses and create construction jobs [DES P.R.]
- Published: 08 September 2009
Building projects in four third-level institutions to be delivered under the Government's public-private partnership (PPP) plan will transform college campuses and create hundreds of jobs in construction, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O'Keeffe TD.
Minister O'Keeffe was speaking today in the University of Limerick at the market launch of the first bundle of third-level educational facilities to be procured as a PPP.
In his keynote address to launch the open day for interested corsortia, Minister O'Keeffe said: 'The Government recognises the essential importance of continuing to invest in our future productive capacity during the economic downturn.
'We've prioritised our programme of investment in modernising and updating educational infrastructure at all levels.
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