Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Professor McMullin for his presentation. Unfortunately, I was not here for most of the earlier presentation, but my sense is that Mr. Molnár was saying enough infrastructure has been built in Europe to allow us to meet our needs and demands over the next 20 or 30 years, assuming we move towards decarbonisation. The question seems to be whether we can rely on that. If we rely on Europe or the UK, will inherent security risks be associated with that? What are Professor McMullin's thoughts on that? He differentiated between State-led and commercial LNG. The Government has previously discussed having a State-owned LNG storage facility. Would Professor McMullin see that as a necessary compromise to ensure we will have that security of supply without locking ourselves into a more commercial, profit-orientated model of LNG supply?