Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for attending.

We know from the ESB documents that the ESB knew about the leaks from the fluid cables at least since 2009. At that point, did the ESB alert the commission regarding the leaks? When did it happen? Dr. McGowan outlined the commission's role in the opening statement and clarified that in the discussion some moments ago. If there were works to be carried out that would incur a great cost, surely the ESB would alert the commission because it would make a submission to be given approval for capital expenditure. If the ESB knew about the leakage in 2009, did it tell the commission in that year? When did it raise the issue? It is a very expensive problem to fix, by all accounts.