Mr. David Manning:

In response Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's question, I will make two points. First, the single electricity market is a good, robust market. One challenge we face in the achievement of our targets and where concern lies pertains to the development of grid. Fundamentally, I believe that is where the challenge will lie. There is a quantity of grid capacity that must be developed and rolled out under the Grid 25 strategy and unless we can accelerate that and get it moving a bit quicker, it will pose a challenge. The second element I might mention, if one reverts to the original question on the effectiveness of the single electricity market, is the North-South interconnector. The interconnector is a highly important piece of technology that must be added to the system. While this has been known for quite a long time, we continue to have difficulty in getting it there. Again, that is another piece of grid infrastructure that is quite important.