Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is very important that we maintain energy co-operation between the UK and Europe. We are the island behind the island, as it were. We will have connection with the French market. We were in a Russian energy gas crisis before - nowhere near as bad as this one - in 2008. The European markets are much more fungible and connected this time. That serves our purposes. It is important that we maintain energy co-operation with the UK for both gas and electricity and, indeed, oil interconnection. Much of our oil comes from Pembroke in a regular supply chain that involves Dublin, Cork, Whitegate and so on. One of the aspects that I constantly bring to this is a recognition that whatever the rows or discussions around the protocol or other issues, we all benefit from energy co-operation, especially at this time.