Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

We have been talking to GNI about the carbon budget and how we are going to collectively change the way we operate. It is a new paradigm for all of us. The kinds of things we are looking at include, first, what we call a revenue control. This is where we set out the next five years of investment and priorities. We are looking at what climate budget means to that, and with regard to future developments, we are looking at an innovation incentive around the future role of the gas networks. We are also looking, with GNI, at how we can work on this connection policy. We are working with them to introduce what we call flexible connections, so that in the future, we can impose more flexibility requirements on new customers. The other area we are talking to GNI about at the moment is forecasting, and how we can develop forecasts that are also consistent with climate ceilings.

It is all new. As Mr. Gannon reflected in his opening statement, we are still having that conversation with all of the system operators. We are still trying to feel our way through how they do some of this and whether they are empowered and have the right tools for it. In line with Deputy Bruton's question, this is why we are also thinking about what the legal basis is, and whether we can clarify some of this to make it really clear what the expectations are. I hope that answers the Deputy's question.