Ms Geraldine Tallon:

I am not sure that we actually do what the Deputy is suggesting. I take his point, particularly as I have laboured a little to try to obtain further clarity in respect of what he is suggesting. We look closely, on an annual basis, at operational costs. Local authorities look particularly closely at them because they are obliged to pay the contractors and it is in their interest to ensure that plants are performing to deliver licence standards, etc. I am not sure, however, whether we have engaged in the kind of ex-post evaluation the Deputy is suggesting in the context of whether, for example, Castlebar delivered the 23% efficiency expected of it. The Deputy's point is valid and I should raise it with the Local Government Audit Service, which is currently responsible for capital appraisal spot checks on the PPP projects. This is something we should carry through more effectively in operational-----