John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would love to say much more. I thank the witnesses for attending. I hope that they at least get a night out of this and are not flying back immediately.

Wales and Scotland were cited to us in advance of the introduction of water metering. Were either of the companies approached by Irish Water or any of the semi-States connected with it in advance of Irish Water's roll-out to seek advice or guidance?