Mr. John Tierney:

The report to which the Deputy refers was prepared for that particular group by the Department. I am sure the Department will clarify that it mainly dealt with the likely configuration of the future company. In October of that year, as I recall, the Department published the implementation plan for Irish Water, having been advised that a number of the work streams within Bord Gáis would be working on the implementation of Irish Water. However, it was also clearly stipulated that Bord Gáis would be taking on external service providers as part of the process. That was published on the Government website at the time.