Mr. Matthias Kelly:

I agree with what Mr. Bradley is saying. There is a wide margin of appreciation. The question is whether Ireland can be compliant without water charges, and the answer is yes, provided that Ireland meets the objectives. One of the core objectives is to ensure a clean water supply. It is not prescriptive about how that is achieved or how the public finances are arranged to do that. It could be done through general taxation, as is the established practice and as is done, for example, to some extent in Scotland.