Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Approximately 70 people worked in that transition body and also retained their work with local authorities. Some €3.5 million was paid to them, which would average €41,000 per person. Mr. Tierney can tell me if I am on the right track when I put this question to him, but can either he and Irish Water or the Department establish what specific work, over and above the work they did on a daily basis within the local authorities, was carried out by these people in order to amass that funding? If Mr. Tierney tells me it is the duty of the Department to answer that question and to provide the details I seek, that is fair enough.