Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER

5:00 pm

Mr. John Barry:

I will provide information in writing to the Senator relating to the eight systems versus the one and the comparative costs. The second piece relates to the tangible savings of the €80 million or so. I have said a few times that this does not include the element of risk we have taken out and the potential extra cost if Bord Gáis Energy is not involved in this. That is very hard to quantify but I will try to explain what I mean by that in my response to the Senator.