Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion
Mr. Mark Foley:
It was built-in for three-to-four years. What we need to be concerned about, and why we are so vocal about fixing the enduring problem, is there is no guarantee in a circumstance where Ireland continued to need those plant that they would meet environmental criteria in the planning process because it was a derogation. It was an exceptional situation. It was an emergency. We bought ourselves an insurance policy and we should not think that we can keep these things going for an extended period of time.