Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. The example given to me was that the job was advertised at approximately €50,000. A Bord Gáis staff member applied for that job and transferred into it at a salary of approximately €70,000. Irish Water might have had many more applications for that position if it had been advertised at €70,000 rather than €50,000. I ask the regulator to examine that closely because I would not like to see a cost transfer from Bord Gáis to Irish Water, which the customer eventually will have to pick up. If the job is advertised at a salary of €50,000 and somebody applies for it and gets it, the job should be filled at that salary rather than what may have happened in the example I have given. However, I will await the further clarification on it but I ask the regulator to examine that closely.