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

It is important that we do that. In a republic, the same rules need to apply to citizens, people in the most dire circumstances and corporations. We deliver what we say we will deliver. What we need to deliver now is the 2 GW of gas capacity to keep the lights on. That is absolutely essential. We need to work together to do that. We are not there yet. We are in the middle of this; we are not out of it. We have to really focus on that, whether through the planning system, working with companies or working with agencies. We have yet to deliver a single megawatt of those 2,000 MW. Our focus is on delivering that. At the same time, but more importantly, we must recognise that we are in an absolute crisis. People will not really see it coming until the bills hit in November, December, January and February. At the moment, it looks like there is no end to this war in sight. That is the most frightening thing for the people of Ukraine, for all of the people involved and also for European consumers, including Irish people. We are in the middle of this now. It is hitting home in our bills. We have to protect our people in that process.