Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That would add greater fear to the point we are raising. For example, there will have been a general election by the time the second review occurs and a future Government might bring pressure to bear on the parties to the service level agreement to shorten it and, therefore, speed up the potential privatisation and transfer to Uisce Éireann. That might happen if a future Government was to be more gung-ho on the issue of privatisation and the consultative group could be asked to consider shortening the length of time given for service level agreements. If a potential buyer for Uisce Éireann could be found, the process could take less than 12 years.