Mr. John Tierney:

I am going to answer that question. All of the roles on the management team were filled by open recruitment and it would have been expected that applicants would come from the water industry itself and experts would come from other relevant fields, whether we were hiring for an IT job, a financial job or whatever.

In relation to the make-up of the management team, it comprises three from the private sector industry, one from Bord Gáis, two from local government, and one who was previously a manager who had been working for two years for the local efficiency review group before he got the job. All those posts were publicly advertised through open recruitment and the highest standard of management team has been put in place, and that is the way it should be.