Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Challenges: Discussion

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

The only thing I would add is that this is the type of issue we expect will be ventilated in the security of supply review being undertaken by the Department. It is ultimately a strategic national policy decision. We will, of course, work to implement any outworkings or recommendations of that review. We will certainly input into the review to underline the importance of ensuring that we have resilience within our gas infrastructure because, as we have said, it is not just important for gas alone but also for electricity. As we electrify heat and transport, it becomes more and more important across the economy to ensure that we have resilience within the infrastructure and supply of gas.