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Care Centres Built on Separate Contracts

  • 09-12-2012 12:49pm
    #1
    highgiant1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭


    Hi Folks,

    I came across this story today and if I'm truthful I don't fully understand it.
    I'm just trying to grasp is this a non story as such or is it local politics in action. I'm open minded to both but was hoping to discuss it so that I can gain a better understanding.

    http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/reilly-constituency-care-centres-to-be-built-on-separate-contract-577242.html

    "The Sunday Business Post has revealed that both Swords and Balbriggan, which were among five locations added to a priority list of centres, will not proceed under the Public-Private Partnership initially set out for all of the developments.

    The newspaper says these centres, along with another five, will go ahead as part of a lease model where a developer will be responsible for building and managing the facility, including the sourcing of a GP."

    My questions are what makes it viable for those centres to be treated differently to the others? In which case if there is a justifiable reason this would seem to me a complete non story to me?

    Or is this a case of favours being handed out? It could be interesting to know who gets/will get awarded those separate contracts.


Comments

  • #2
    Dirk Gently
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭Dirk Gently


    Very little information to go on. I'm sure questions will be asked during the week. Could these be lands currently owned by NAMA and an attempt to outsource costs and administration?


  • #3
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    It sounds like it will be about as successful and people will be as happy with it as they are with management companies in a lot of apartment complexes.

    Who is going to set down the minimum standards required and enforce them for these private developers? Sounds like you'll end up running out of red tape TBH.


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