Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

My point is that there is nothing new in these provisions, as far as we know, and the current situation is one where millions of euro are being spent on proper reinstatement and the cost is picked up by the public when there is poor practice. That is also unfair to the utilities and companies that put in good practice at considerable cost and do a good job. Others do a poor job and effectively the public comes back a year or two later to pick up the cost of it, through local authority reinstatement.