Mr. Alan Dunney:

We get weekly updates from ESB on the volumes of water it is releasing through the dams and information on whether the levels of water in the reservoirs are rising or dropping rapidly or slowly. If there is inclement weather we might get daily or even more frequent updates. We would have a fair idea in the county as to how long it would take. If one were to drop a bucket of water into the River Liffey at Ballymore Eustace, for example, we would have a fair idea that it could take 12 or 14 hours to get to Celbridge which allows us to try to get ahead of it.