John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

It was not a very good move.

Economies of scale and value for money have been key determinants of project development processes as evidenced through the bundling of projects and the use of public private partnership arrangements through design, build and operate contracts.

Finally, the NewERA document states that the Irish water company will provide security of supply for drinking water by providing for greater interconnection of water supplies. The Dublin area water supply, which accounts for over one third of all water produced in Ireland, already has a very high degree of interconnection and co-ordinated management, serving a population of approximately 1.4 million across seven authorities. There are appropriate connections in other cities and a number of the contracts and schemes included in the water services investment programme 2010-12 are designed to further improve security of supply.

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