Mr. Jim Gannon:

It is worth referring to the district heating Bill in development in the Houses at present. I cannot remember when it is due for publication but it is worth the committee keeping an eye on it.

I support Mr. Finnegan's comments on the delivery of renewables. It is a very ambitious programme. It is something we all support and deliver together, between the Department setting policy and the regulator working with ESB Networks and EirGrid in particular to deliver the infrastructure required and making sure the money is available and the connection processes are there to get connections offers out. It is worth saying that when rural electrification happened it was welcomed by almost all as a transformative project for the country. People welcomed the infrastructure relating to it. The decarbonisation of this network, and of our society and economy, is at least as important and we all need to be supportive of the infrastructure that will also be needed to transform the economy. It is difficult and it can be an imposition but it is too important a point to miss. We all need to be involved in this dialogue.