Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Gannon for his response. I hear from him that there is a flexibility in the regulator's approach, which is good to. I also hear that perhaps there are learnings from the experience of the past few years. Coming out of this meeting, everybody here and those following the proceedings want to have confidence that as we go forward we will have a stable energy supply. It is critically important for the country in the short and medium term.

I have a brief follow-on question. We are entering a period of flux as the energy space is changing rapidly. We in government are putting pressure on the regulator. Only yesterday, we pushed the renewable penetration target to 80%. We want to go there but we need to hear confidence from the witnesses that this can be done in such a way that we will have stable power throughout this decade and beyond.