Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Mr. Jim Gannon:

I believe it is a stretched target for the time we have to get there. Our national ambition should be far greater than that given the resources we have, but given the time between now and 2030 it will be a challenge to get that through. That does not mean we should not target that, drive it forward and make sure the measures we put in place now collectively can deliver the eighth, ninth and tenth faster than the first seven. That is how we must learn in terms of infrastructure delivery generally, the supports needed and the interconnectors required to make sure when we deliver all these gigawatts, it can find a market when the wind is blowing and when the sun is shining. That is critical to making sure the Irish consumer really benefits from the delivery of these resources. I should probably stop now. I have probably gone on too long.