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

I thank Mr. Coffey for the presentation and for being here. We are an outlier when compared with the European average. I would like to hear Mr. Coffey's reflections on that and why it might be the case. Is it to do with a particular profile, policy environment and-or culture? I ask Mr. Coffey to speak to this point. His answer might highlight where we may need to address our support.

Related to this point is the issue Mr. Coffey highlighted concerning the price ratio. Interventions have been made in the past in respect of the use of the public service obligation. Does Mr. Coffey and EHI have proposals or propositions or has there been engagement with the Government on trying to address this issue? I presume it is a significant impediment to encouraging people to go down this road.

Mr. Geraghty mentioned the opportunity to use surplus renewable electricity. I ask him to comment on the mechanism that would be used to do that. The potential for this technology's use in an Irish industrial context has been highlighted. What awareness is there of it? Are businesses eager to adopt it? As was said, there are trends and also obligations on all of us. Is there an appetite to employ this approach?