Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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To follow on from that reply, my understanding is we have inherited a completelyad hocsystem that has poor data records and in which there is considerable inconsistency across the various networks, despite the fact that the local authorities were doing their best to keep the networks going.

This asset management system is critical to the establishment of the utility and to the future planning of investment in the networks, in terms of sustainability, life cycle, maintenance, etc. That is part of the considerable controversy and criticism about Irish Water on its establishment. The agency took a lot of flak for the establishment of something that is critical to the infrastructure. How much was spent on establishing that asset management system?