Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms O'Neill for her contribution. She may have answered some of the questions I was about to pose in regard to renewable energy. I make no apology for saying that I believe we are putting a lot of our eggs into one basket when it comes to wind energy. She mentioned the targets for last year and our capacity of 2,760 MW. As almost 2,200 MW came from wind and only one megawatt came from solar, I see it as almost completely negligible. Is Ms O'Neill saying it is not advanced enough or that we are at the stage where we can include solar or biomass to the extent that it would make a difference?

Does Ms O'Neill see it extending past 2020 for further targets or how will it expand in the future? We are not looking at that area, but cannot rely on wind indefinitely.