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

They constitute a separate issue. We need it primarily because, as I stated earlier, we must switch off Moneypoint and Tarbert. Tarbert is going to be switched off anyway because it is coming to the end of its life. In those weeks when the wind is not blowing it is not just because of the data centres; there you are into your overall demand-balancing capabilities. The gas generation that must now be developed will be hydrogen-compatible, so we can look at having dual-fuel capability. The 2 GW to 2.5 GW of additional gas we need is part of the decarbonising plan and is being delivered. People were very worried that we would not be able to get through this winter without power cuts. Some of those big power plants could go down tomorrow and we could be in real difficulty, but, touch wood, so far we have been showing a real ability to manage what is a very tight situation, and that is a real responsibility.