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

That is fine. The representatives have touched on some aspects of the last subject I wanted to touch on, namely, batteries and the availability to the system of backup capacity from large energy users and others. On one of the previous occasions on which representatives of EirGrid were before us with representatives of the CRU, they pointed to what I would regard as some challenges within the system. They stated that, in terms of demand-side management, we have approximately 500 MW but that the challenge is ensuring the closure of the gap between what is signed up to and what is delivered. The committee received a letter from the sector in this regard. I subsequently heard from stakeholders that they see insufficient capacity, pointing to relatively low availability and reliability of capacity. They say there should be penalties for poor availability and that measures should be taken within the market rules. They also refer to the grid code that could improve the availability of capacity. Does the commission agree and is it working on it? Does it believe there is potential in this regard? Battery capacity will be a key pillar in the time ahead, particularly as we move towards-----