Mr. Mark Foley:

Briefly, the capacity of the two plants equates to 850 MW. If truth be known, the major failures of these modern plants were force majeureevents. If the plants had not gone down, we may not have had all these conversations over the summer. They are coming back and people can rest assured.

Second, on the 28% increase in demand, we have to think about it as the product of a growing economy, the electrification of heat and transport and data centres. It is not all about data centres. The Deputy asked what we want data centres to do and what we want them to bring to the party. We need to go outside Dublin to the regions. I think that is part of the regulator's policy. We also need to bring in some degree of dispatchable generation so that the burden of generation is not all with the system but is part of what the demand user can bring. Lastly, we need to make use of batteries and other services that help with the flexibility and stability of the system. These are very clear, real and tangible propositions that will be forthcoming in the regulator's policy position. I believe they will be accepted by a significant proportion of the data centre community. It is about the data centre community being part of the journey and working in partnership with EirGrid, the transmission system operator, and the regulator.

I believe the Deputy's other questions are for the representatives of the regulator to answer.