Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for his indulgence, as I am not a committee member.

The Minister spoke recently at the energy summit. He referenced the work of EnergyCloud and how we should use the surplus renewable energy rather than dumping it when, as we all recognise, there are so many people in energy poverty. I looked at the retail value of what was dumped in 2020, and it is way over €300 million. As the witnesses know, that figure is rising. Has the Minister sat down with the CRU or EirGrid to discuss making EnergyCloud work for people in fuel poverty? I put a similar question to EirGrid and the CRU. Do they have a plan to utilise that wasted energy and mandate energy companies to reduce the rate of wasted energy?