Mr. Derek Moran:

Ultimately, this is in the area of choice. If there are particular needs in one area, one makes choices around how that area is prioritised over others. We went through a phase in the "noughties" where we put huge amounts of money into capital investment and what we ended up getting was only price increase. We did not get an adequate return for that. That was a mistake. I do not disagree with the Deputy about investment needs and so on, but choices have to be made within an overall constraint.