Dr. Tom Ryan:

Irish Water states that it received the notifications of the incidents late and then proceeded to inform us and the HSE. Then we responded to those incidents. There was a failure to escalate but, as I said, it is our contention that it is Irish Water's responsibility to make sure the processes and procedures are in place such that when things go wrong at the plant they are immediately escalated in order that they can be acted on appropriately and that public health is protected.