Mr. John Tierney:

Yes. On the value for money issue, there are two aspects on which to advise in that regard. We have advised the joint committee of the nature of the reporting we provide. There is the entire internal governance process within Bord Gáis and Irish Water itself and there is a further independent process by which all the establishment costs are being assessed by the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER. The commissioner is already is on record in respect of the approach he will take in that regard and with regard to advising the Minister. In response to Deputy Catherine Murphy on the number of consultants and how they are handled, perhaps Mr. John Barry and Mr. Ger Cowhig might respond in respect of the packages and so on. Mr. Paul O'Donoghue might respond regarding some of the other issues pertaining to charges and we will take each one of them.