Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)

To follow on from the point regarding looking at future budgets and trying to project into the 2030s, that will be critical as we experience both a green revolution and a tech revolution, which are not mutually exclusive. On the private wires policy, it might be useful for the committee to write to the Minister to ask about the status of that policy to inform us. There are a couple of elements. I raised an initial point on making sure we have an abundance of clean energy to support what we want to do, which will be critical to bringing us forward without negatively affecting the achievement of our climate targets. There is a question as to how AI can help us ensure targeted energy generation and energy use. If we are looking at the 2030s, we must consider the role of nuclear energy. To what extent has the advisory council considered nuclear energy? I could also ask about fusion power but that might be a little bit futuristic. I ask about AI's role in helping us meet our targets and about nuclear energy.