Mr. John Barry:

While I have the utmost admiration for Bord na Móna as an organisation, at the time we and Bord na Móna made our submissions to establish Irish Water my sense was it did not know the utility business. Bord Gáis runs a utility business and this is the experience we have brought. I have tried to clarify this.

With regard to secondments, people are still speaking on the airwaves about how this could have been delivered and there are many ways. I did not hear all of the interview with the former CEO of Northern Ireland Water, but what was outlined is one method. I suggest there is no way this method could have delivered it in the timeframe in which we were asked to deliver it.