Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Energy Security in Ireland to 2030 report was published earlier this week, on 14 November, following approval by the Government. The energy package outlines a new strategy to ensure energy security in Ireland for this decade while ensuring a sustainable transition to a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050.

The comprehensive report, which has 24 actions in total, is a roadmap to ensuring a sustainable, affordable and secure energy landscape that balances energy risk and resilience against our binding European and domestic energy and climate commitments. It is informed by six pillars of analysis, including the technical view of the energy security of Ireland's electricity and gas networks carried out by Cambridge Economic Policy Associates. More than 450 consultation responses to this analysis were provided and the independent review on the security of electricity review, carried out by the former Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach, Dermot McCarthy, and known as the McCarthy report, is included.

The energy package integrates energy, climate, enterprise and digitalisation policy ambitions in order that Ireland's energy future is clear and certain. Ultimately, it will ensure our energy system is secure and affordable as we transition to a carbon-neutral future. The four key areas are reducing demand, switching to renewables, creating a resilient system and good governance to oversee this transition we need to make.

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