Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses very much. I want to pick up on a couple of the questions that have been asked about large energy users. It was stated that a 50% increase in demand is anticipated, and a 30% increase from large energy users. Is it not the case that across the EU generally, this is not normal in terms of the EU average for electricity demand? There, we have seen a decrease and now a slight increase again. Is it not the case that the increase for electricity demand in Ireland is very much an outlier compared with the EU average?