Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The reality is that over the next decade or so, we will be moving more towards renewables. We will always need gas for the foreseeable future as a transitional fuel, but we will have to increase our renewable capacities into the future. Of that, there is no doubt. The current Ukrainian-Russian crisis illustrates that for Europe, not just for Ireland, more than anything else. It has caused a lot of instability in more recent times.

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