Ciarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want to discuss LNG again. Based on what Ms Donnelly said, the council's view of the State's strategic reserve is that we are only going to need that if we are failing in respect of our climate targets. The fact that the State is proposing that is in itself nearly an admission of failure on the part of the State and that we are not going to meet our targets. Has the council done any modelling on this or has it thoughts on alternatives to the floating LNG strategic reserve? In terms of additional interconnectors, battery storage and iron-air storage in Donegal, has our guests a view on that? More broadly, the State's entry into this strategic LNG reserve has opened the door to the entry of commercial LNG, as we see through Shannon LNG. Has the council got a view on whether that is compatible with our budgets from 2030 onwards?