Mr. John McCarthy:

The implications of the change announced late last year were twofold. One was the implication of the rates and taking out the €59 million that would otherwise have been part of Irish Water's operational costs. The second piece, €21 million, was the additional cost to be made up by subvention through the local government fund, as distinct from coming from user charges. The user charges figure went down from €292 million to €271 million and the subvention went up by a comparable amount.