Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Commissioner for her presentation. Regarding the gas package, directive and regulations, how would she respond to the charge that the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas, ENTSOG, has too much influence and input? Should there be explicit transparency obligations to ensure that measures are consistent with EU and national climate and energy obligations as part of a plan to start decommissioning and reducing the use of gas in the medium term by the latest?

There is a debate in Ireland on liquefied natural gas, LNG. We may be using it via the pipeline, but we do not have LNG infrastructure. There is commentary to the effect that we should move in line with the move at European level and have that infrastructure here. This is understandably of deep concern to the climate movement. What is the Commissioner's response to that debate, in particular the prospect of locking ourselves into infrastructure, technology and fossil fuels for decades? Our starting point is different than others' starting points.

A large and rapid move to renewables is required. I hope that everyone is moving in the same direction, but this puts challenges on the capacity to deliver turbines and solar panels at scale at European level. How do we prioritise in this regard at a time when we are pulling from these resources to deliver LNG here, there and everywhere?