Overseas investors are prepared to invest in public private partnerships in Ireland

LONDON - Sept. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- “Overseas investors are showing signs they are prepared to invest in public private partnerships (PPP), but with assurances that bureaucracy will be slashed, according to the government.

Junior finance minister Brian Hayes and the head of the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) Brian Murphy this week travelled to England to meet with potential investors on state projects and push Ireland as a place for funding again after the downturn.

The last 12 months have seen an improvement in relations with banks, Mr Murphy said, and dialogue had restarted after the period following the banking collapse.

The NDFA is looking for a developer to build a €200m campus at Grangegorman for the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and is asking interested companies to lodge expressions of interest. Other projects include schools, courthouses and roads plans.” - 13 September 2013, Irish Independent

Against this backdrop SMi’s Infrastructure Finance Forum Ireland will feature a presentation by Mr Brian Murphy, CEO, National Development Finance Agency on The Current State of PPP in Ireland:

•Infrastructure stimulus plan - recent investments

•Restoring financial stability

•Future outlook for PPP in Ireland

•Pipelined projects

•New PPP projects – Education/Transport/Healthcare/ Justice

Also Mr Michael Hand, CEO, Grangegorman Development Agency will be presenting on the Grangegorman PPP project — Dublin Institute of Technology

•Introduction to the Grangegorman project

•The SDZ Planning process

•How to find the right partner

•Ways of building trust with stakeholders

•Lessons learned

For more information on this conference visit the website (http://www.smi-online.co.uk/ireland-infrastructure14.asp) or contact Andrew Gibbons on +44 20 7827 6156 or email agibbons@smi-online.co.uk

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