Ms Marguerite Sayers:

Apologies; I had forgotten the second question. ESB eCars has not had contact with the national transport infrastructure companies but a different part of our organisation, which is Smart Energy Services, has. We are helping both Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. We are tendering to provide some infrastructure. They are certainly looking at having a level of their fleet operating as electric buses and trying to make additional use of various types of low-carbon infrastructure, including hydrogen. There is some interaction but it is not the focus of the ESB eCars business. We are focused on providing charging for cars.

We would also support the use of additional public transport. It is a significant part of the solution. In China, there is a very significant adoption of electric buses. It is possible. It has not happened in many places outside of China but they do have many electric buses in China. It is something we could look at over time. Something we also have to bear in mind, as I said, are the demographics of Ireland. With 37% of the population living in rural areas., it may not be possible to provide that level of public transport for daily commutes. That is why we have also been focused on providing that infrastructure for private cars.