Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I recall the then chief executive of Bord Gáis attending a committee meeting and telling us it would cost in the region of between €100 million and €150 million to set up Irish Water, and he is being proven fairly accurate by what we are hearing this afternoon. The witness has indicated the setting-up cost will not be €180 million but I wish to speak about consultants. Does this include the proposal to extract water from Lough Derg and transport it to Dublin? Has money been spent on consultants for that project or is that outside the setting up of Irish Water?