Mr. Brendan Tuohy:

I am from Cork and my father is from Ringaskiddy. Therefore, I know exactly what the Senator is talking about. The Kinsale gas field is more a matter for Ervia because we do not get involved in that side of things.

As I said earlier, as we move to decarbonisation and if one has gas, particularly fossil fuel gas but one can also have other biofuels and so on coming in, what will happen is that another sequence of things will happen.

That means it would be decarbonised. I gather that discussions are taking place, but cannot give any details. It is more about pumping the gas back out to Kinsale, where there are huge caverns and storage. That was the idea behind the carbon sequestration. The International Energy Agency is also doing some work on this and published a report over the summer on the future of hydrogen. The Japanese and others are also moving in that direction. Consequently, one is looking at other things such as electrolysis and so on. When the wind is blowing at night and there is no draw on the electricity, hydrogen is being produced, which can be stored and used for something else, such as transport. This is a huge space of which we certainly will be part. Some of the issues the Senator raised are more under Ervia's remit.