Mr. Jim Gannon:

The directions we provided before Christmas were a response to a letter from EirGrid that informed us there was a specific risk from the energy demand of data centres. It was a short-term measure, and we will retain it until it is no longer needed. In parallel with that, EirGrid will again put together its generation capacity statement that will consider the longer term. It will feed into not only how much generation capacity we will be required to purchase for the longer term, but also into EirGrid's network planning and the wires required to resolve some of the known network constraints. In Dublin, for example, a significant level of investment in the network is required to resolve those constraints which has been known about for some years. The generation capacity statement would feed into the procurement of capacity, in the capacity auctions, for the longer term. It would also feed into the investment, and the planning for investment, in the transmission and distribution systems. This measure, then, was focused on the shorter term, but those longer-term perspectives are also embedded in there.