Mr. Kevin Brady:

I might move that back and use hydrogen as an example. Most people will agree that the use of hydrogen in the high-temperature heat sector is something Ireland should pursue. The renewable heat obligation consultation proposed giving a higher weighting to certain fuels, such as green hydrogen. It was proposed that if a unit of green hydrogen was used instead of a unit of biofuels or bioliquid for heat, it would have a multiplier effect. That would bridge the cost gap so that a greater weighting value could be placed on certain types of development technologies or fuels that we want to incentivise. There are ways and means of doing that as the policies and measures are developed. Again, I suppose it is about having a view of the outcome that we see and need. I agree that we cannot just have a market; there certainly need to be incentivisations. If we look back at the gas regulation and directive that has been proposed by the EU Commission, we can see these tariff reductions. The regulation and directive do not contain everything on hydrogen, but there are significant reductions in entry tariffs of putting hyrdogen into the grid, etc. That is a way of promoting it above other fuels. There are definitely ways and means of doing it. That is what we need to focus on.