Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Oversight of Irish Water: Discussion

8:30 pm

Mr. Paul McGowan:

No, there was no cost. When we say "most costs", that did not mean that the remaining costs were not reasonable. It was just that given the fact that this was a high-level analysis carried out over short duration, we could not be categorical around all of these costs. We did not necessarily identify any particular cost that was completely, to use a phrase, "off the wall". What we identified was that most of the costs appeared reasonable and could deliver consumer benefit but that a full detailed analysis was required.