Mr. John Tierney:

Mr. Barry went through this in great detail. Irish Water is a subsidiary of Bord Gáis. In the not too distant past Bord Gáis negotiated a revised pay model based on reducing the level of payments over time and bringing about greater efficiency. That would have been advised as part of the process before negotiations with unions and agreements through the Labour Relations Court and the various pieces that go through. Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis adopted the same new pay model that had been introduced.