Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

The Government's priority is to ensure our system is resilient. We support further interconnection. We have an interconnector under way with France. If we could get an interconnector with Spain, that could be advantageous. I cannot say that will happen but it would be advantageous. There is very little interconnection between France and Spain. That is part of the problem also, so we see this as really important not just for sustainability of the electricity supply but to ensure industries can sustain themselves. Spain does not just have renewables; it has had a lot of new gas supply over the past number of years. It built a lot of terminals.