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

I appreciate that response. Mr. Tarrant mentioned the current grid. We all know we really have to boost our battery storage. I recognise that he said there is 2.0 GW being installed, but we can all accept it has not been done quickly enough. I recently visited a solar farm that had to turn off its supply at midday. As we all know, curtailment stops the solar farms. They do not have batteries on the sites to store energy. One thing that is really annoying for the Irish public is that we are generating electricity and energy, and we are turning off our renewable projects to then import renewable energy from the UK. What would be the future-proof plan to stop that happening? The Irish public really wants us to use our energy. The PSO needs to be reduced and it is really frustrating for people to think about it. These renewable projects are there and they are generating electricity that is then going nowhere. Is there an update on when we can expect to see a large-scale infrastructure change in our battery storage across the country to really future-proof our grid? If we are going to hit these targets, this is what we need to do. The witnesses know this.