Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail)

I agree with the amendments but with one caveat. It is essential in all these areas where we have public utilities, such as the National Roads Authority, that where charges are applied it should not merely be about cost. There should be an onus on them to have reasonable costs so that there is value for money. As such, the charges passed on to the consumer should reflect that. I often see in public utilities that nobody exercises control over costs. The costs are a purely mathematical exercise and passed on to the competitive world. We must be conscious of that.