Ms Geraldine Tallon:

However, the counter to what Deputy McDonald is saying is that by way of traditional procurement, the State would also commission a contractor to design and build a wastewater treatment plant. If there is no involvement by that contractor in the subsequent operation and maintenance, there is no incentive for the contractor that is involved in the design and build to build in economy or efficiency of a particular kind or scale. The difference in the case of a design-build-operate-maintain, DBOM, contract-----