Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Yes. In regard to the capital side of things, the figure of €200 million or €300 million extra for capital has been quoted. I do not know which way one wants to analyse it over the coming years as we reach €600 million. That analysis does not show where we will get those millions of euro and it does not take into consideration the economies of savings that have been made by Irish Water, which I have often quoted. Some €170 million savings were made in Ringsend and there are other examples across the country. I hope that has brought some clarity to that.

In regard to Deputy Creighton's specific query about that documentation, I understood it was sent to her and I have not been made aware that did not happen. If she does not get it in the next couples of days, she should get back to me. There does not seem to be an issue. It would concern me more if she did not get it.

Service level agreements were part of the PwC independent assessment and the time periods were agreed between Irish Water, the unions and the local authorities. The framework agreed is on the Department's website. The transformation plan agreed with the local authorities will achieve economies of scale, will avail of expertise and efficiencies will be created also. A number of those questions did not relate to this section but I felt it appropriate to address them.

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