Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a combination. There should be a State strategy for the provision of battery storage in public buildings. I used hospitals as an example because of the nature of their work. Reducing the temperature to 19°C, etc., will not work in every public building. This technology is there but a big issue is if it costs €1 million, then procurement could take months. We are at the end of September so a strategy and mechanism for expediting the roll-out of such technology is what I am talking about.

Rolling it out in areas where there is a lot of usage, and I mentioned Cork University Hospital being a big user in the Cork area, could take a whole lot of pressure off demand during those peak hours and avoid potential blackouts.