Mr. Nicholas Tarrant:

There are a number of comments to make on that. The first thing is that the data centre direction that was issued in 2021 is the guiding set of rules for both ourselves and EirGrid as system operators. The second thing is under our licence, we are obliged to operate on a first come, first served basis and except for a direction like that, we do not have any latitude to prioritise one sector over another. It is important that we do not discriminate between different types of connecting parties. Anything that would need to be done outside of that would really be for policymakers, whether it be a regulator or at governmental level, to decide on anything to do with prioritisation. We are aware there has been legislation or regulatory decisions have been made in the likes of the Netherlands where they have capacity constraints, but anything in that territory would be for policymakers. It is important to say as well that from a network point of view, whether it be transmission or distribution, our aim in investing would be to meet the needs of all customers so that we can progress both industrial strategy and continued general economic growth and social development of the country through housing.