Tony McCormack (Offaly, Fianna Fail)

This brings me back to value for money, which is very important to us as a Government but also to the public. We have seen situations where we did not get value for money. The fact that Uisce Éireann is looking for an extra €2 billion means it has more money in the coffers, but it will still only have the same number of suppliers or contractors doing the work for it. How will Uisce Éireann ensure that they will not up the price? We are talking about inflation and so on and we know what builders can be like. We saw what happened during the Celtic tiger era, which is probably a term we should not be using. How can we ensure we will get value for money for the public?