Ms Maria Graham:

There was always an understanding that there would be external expertise. The costs were being incurred by BGE, Bord Gáis Energy. In the first instance, it was at risk for the costs until it could be shown they were being efficiently incurred or there was a costs recovery letter in place. The dynamic was to ensure it was as efficiently and effectively managed and that the right balance was achieved between resources available in the organisation and external resources. The key from the overall funding model - as the Deputy said this is what the customer will face - was to see what the overall costs were to make the political system and the Government aware there were costs with an external component. Our work with NewERA was on looking at the benefits we would expect the customer to get. It was one of the moving pieces of the-----