Mr. Mark Foley:

The first was on emergency generation for this winter, which thankfully we do not need because Huntstown and Whitegate are back. The process we initiated was in a 12-month context and was not executable in that time for reasons to do with the critical path. We decided to abandon that in favour of something more enduring for the next three or four years in the context of our generation capacity statement. The advertisements for the alternative will go out shortly and we will secure emergency generation as a back-up for three years plus.

The Deputy asked about pressure points in Dublin, etc. These were clearly articulated in our shaping our electricity future consultation programme which ran between March and June. The outcome of that consultation, the solution and how we deal with those constraints will be seen shortly as we publish the plan in the next four to six weeks. I encourage all Deputies to look at the plan and get behind it. This is the way we can achieve the Government's ambition of achieving 70%, and indeed 80%, renewables on the power system by 2030.

On the North-South interconnector, there are no pylons in the country. We have procured the design of the pylons and that work is ongoing. We await a decision from the judicial process in Northern Ireland. We are disappointed we have not got it yet. We thought it would be in September but we hope it is imminent.

The Deputy asked about engagement. We are engaging with the relevant local authorities in both jurisdictions and with landowners. I will not speak in detail about landowner engagement, in fairness to the landowners who are engaging constructively with us. There is a lot of engagement going on and I am confident there will be a positive outcome.