Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for missing the earlier part of Dr. Ó Gallachóir's presentation. I had to attend another meeting.

Regarding the challenges around the storing of energy, one of the challenges with wind energy is what happens when the wind drops and how do we store it. How does Dr. Ó Gallachóir see that being resolved because it is clear we will have to rely to some extent on our existing means of generating energy with gas or some form of fossil fuel also? I would like to hear Dr. Ó Gallachóir's views on that.

Dr. Ó Gallachóir spoke about incentivising renewable heat. Would radiant heating be an aspect of that?

Regarding the onshore generation of energy, there is a major debate in the midlands about the memorandum of understanding Ireland has signed with England. While many communities have had a positive experience in terms of wind generation in their area, I do not believe people are ready yet to make that leap in terms of the number of turbines that would be needed and their location. I do not believe the public has accepted that yet. From where does Dr. Ó Gallachóir see public information campaigns emanating?

Should it come from the Government, from universities or from the companies that are trying to develop? From my own experience, I can discern a big deficit in this regard at present.