Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Hypothetically, if 500 full-time equivalents of the 1,000 full-time equivalents remained working in local authorities after the single utility is established, there would be a cost for local authorities to fund because Irish Water is not funding it any more. Is the witness saying it will not be funded by central government? The first answer seemed to suggest the answer was "No" but it now seems to suggest it is "Yes".