Ms Alma Walsh:

The supporting documentation to the revision includes a number of environmental assessments, as the Cathaoirleach referenced. One of them is the strategic environmental assessment environmental report, more commonly known as the SEA environmental report. In examining the alternatives to arrive at a preferred alternative, it sets out some of the core considerations that have fed into this particular distribution. I already mentioned timely deliverability as one factor, that is, the capacity to actually achieve a target by 2030. Another factor is grid connection availability in terms of the infrastructure and servicing of requirements to deliver it. The just transition requirement to achieve a regional balance is also a factor. That goes back to the point made by Deputy Leddin earlier. It is about looking to have equitable distribution across the regions. Some regions are already contributing a substantial amount to the grid. It is a matter of trying to redress that balance.