Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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Excellent. The guts of 1 million meters have been installed in this country so we have a choice to make between the completion of that or the roll-out, as has been recommended by the report that has led us here, of district metering. I have heard a lot within this committee and outside it that would justify seeing district metering as something that will work in the future in this jurisdiction. However, there is the example of most other public and private utilities across the world, which opt for household metering. What is the difference? Which one is better in a commercial or non-for-profit sense? Clearly, a better approach exists. My question is very specific. What made Scottish Water go down the road of not installing household meters except where it was an opt-in, as Mr. Millican outlined?