Mr. Mark Foley:

I do not know about exploration. The honest answer is that we need both.

The work we will do later in the year on the offshore opportunity off the west coast will be about floating technology and harnessing it to deliver economic and energy benefits for Ireland Inc. but we must make sure we have enough gas to see us through this transition into the next decade. I keenly await the Government’s study on how we will manage that. We are committed to the renewables proposition and to harnessing energy off the west cost but we must make sure we have enough gas to keep things going as we get to that endgame. We need to have an honest, grown-up conversation about that. We can appreciate the precarious situation we are currently in with what is happening in Ukraine.