Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Donnelly for the presentation. I have a couple of questions. To follow on from Deputy Byrne, it is clear that it will be difficult, and probably impossible, for us to meet our offshore wind targets at this stage, but there will be some offshore wind coming online. Does Ms Donnelly believe that energy should be prioritised for households?

At the moment, the Government is very focused on the increased demand from data centres and other large energy users and enabling a sort of privatisation of renewable energy. From my perspective, that renewable energy should go to households first. It should displace existing fossil fuel usage and not just meet increased energy demands from an ever-growing industry. Perhaps I could have some comments on that, please.