Mr. Jerry Grant:

First of all, all our assets are in public ownership as part of the assets of Irish Water, and any new assets are built as publicly owned assets, of course. The design-build-operate type contract has been used for the past 15 years or so to build and operate plants for a defined period, the larger plants in particular. We have changed the model a bit to make it more flexible in order that we are not committed to long-term private sector operation. As we build capacity of the utility, we would hope to do much more of that and bring it back within the operation of the organisation itself. Rationalisation is something we see as a key feature of drinking water supplies going forward, with larger, more sustainable sources. We do not see rationalisation of wastewater as a prospect. Wastewater has to be treated at the town or village that it is produced at.