Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will not labour the point but we have just heard from EirGrid that there is not necessarily a need and that the adequacy statement may change if we have further interconnection. As we get higher renewables penetration and as we ramp up the battery storage, perhaps those out of date adequacy statements should not drive investment decisions. What the ESB is stating in public - including on its hoarding on Merrion Square - is that it is all about the distribution system and the tens of thousands of generation points rather than more 400 MW facilities.