Mr. Seamus O'Loughlin:

The fluid-filled cables are a perfect example. According to my understanding of EU legislation, the groundwater directive came in 2003, I think, and we should have been reporting the issue to the relevant State agencies back then. The leakage rates back then were particularly bad. One year we hit 90,000 l. That is more than the leakage for the entirety of New York city.

That was not being reported at that time. The senior person who came into the organisation after that time could not report that issue as their predecessor did not report it. If someone inherits a dysfunctional system and a matter has not been reported previously, that person will hang his or her predecessor out to dry if he or she reports it.