Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

I know from a local authority perspective that, if people suspected a leak had happened, the resident would put down a small amount of money and the council would come out and investigate it. If it was on one side of the wall, the local authority would pay for the leak and if it was on the other side, the resident would pay. That system is now much more complex where people report leaks and it looks like Uisce Éireann is taking the bulk of responsibility for that cost now and the local authority does not incur that cost.