Mr. Nicholas Tarrant:

No, we work very closely with Eirgrid. We are doing a piece of work with it at the moment on what transmission capacity is going to be available over the coming years to support the distribution network. We have worked with it, for example, on identifying the need for the new bulk supply points around Dublin that I mentioned earlier.

For any changes in, for example, zoning or areas in specific conurbations that are going to see growth, and the national planning framework identifies the main cities as key areas for growth for the future, utilities are an obvious issue. The earlier we are involved in being able to plan for the future, the better it is because these are multi-year projects. By the time they are designed, put forward for consent and come out of that process into construction, we are talking about a number of years. The earlier we are involved in that process, the more effective it will be in meeting the policy targets set out by the Government.