Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Ms Donnelly. It is great that we have battery storage available, but are those batteries currently connected to the grid? Will private wires help them to connect more quickly? We have gigawatts waiting for connection. I was talking to a solar farm developer last week who has been waiting 18 years for connection.

That is the main reason I think private wire legislation would be very beneficial for us.