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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/water-crisis-investigation-begins.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Two independent experts are to examine the role of Conor Murphy in the burst pipes crisis" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-water-crisis-investigation-begins.jpg" alt="Two independent experts are to examine the role of Conor Murphy in the burst pipes crisis"/></a></p>
<p>A twin-track investigation into Northern Ireland&#8217;s burst pipes crisis is due to get under way.</p>
<p>The two-stranded probe will examine the response of both government-owned agency Northern Ireland Water, whose chief executive Laurence Mackenzie has already resigned, and the Stormont minister with overriding responsibility, Conor Murphy.</p>
<p>At the height of the emergency more than 40,000 homes and businesses were left without water as thousands of pipes burst after a period of deep freeze over Christmas ended with a rapid thaw</p>
<p>Much of the criticism aimed at NIW focused on its failure to communicate adequately with customers, many of whom had no water for two weeks. The remit of the investigation was agreed by the Stormont Executive after a marathon six and a half-hour meeting in Belfast on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Ministers announced that two independent experts would examine Mr Murphy&#8217;s role while the actions of NIW would be explored by the region&#8217;s Utility Regulator Shane Lynch. The Executive decided to commission the two experts because the regulator&#8217;s statutory responsibility does not extend to the minister&#8217;s regional development department.</p>
<p>The identities of the two individuals could be revealed as soon as Friday.</p>
<p>One will be appointed by Democratic Unionist First Minister Peter Robinson and the other by Sinn Fein Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. Their work will be added to the findings of the regulator to form one over-arching report, which is due to be handed to Mr Robinson and Mr McGuinness at the end of next month.</p>
<p>Mr Murphy, who has faced calls to follow Mr MacKenzie&#8217;s lead in resigning, expressed confidence the probe would find no issue with his performance.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am quite confident about my own role in all of this,&#8221; said the Sinn Fein MLA. &#8220;I am actually confident that I probably over-extended my role by going directly to NIW in terms of their response and insisting that they operationally up their game in response to this.</p>
<p>&#8220;But I am quite content for any investigation to look into that and I will respond to it when it reports.&#8221;</p>
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