David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for being here and I congratulate them on the report. I know it has only been published over the past number of weeks but I have gone through it and found it to be really comprehensive. Almost everything has been covered. The three pages of acronyms at the end of it shows how much detail it contains.

Chapter 8 mentions offshore wind energy, the demand an end users, the hydrogen strategy, large-scale energy users and data centres. A review of large-scale energy users is taking place at the moment. Will Mr. Tobin please elaborate on the point about demand? Where will this energy be used? If we do not use it here in Ireland, it will probably be exported. What are his thoughts on this?