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

There are 3,000 ESB Networks crew members, with crews from the UK, France, Finland, Germany, Austria, Norway and the Netherlands. I thank all of the 3,000 people involved in all of those crews. We can say “Do it faster" but they have been working day and night since the storm began. There is no additional capacity other than what is there in those 3,000 crew members. I think we have to pay a very strong, sincere tribute to the crews of ESB Networks and all those crews who came from overseas to help us in what was the worst storm in living memory.

In the last framework for ESB Networks, the cost of the capital investment from 2020 to 2025 was about €5 billion. The estimate is that we have to go to €13 billion in the next five years. That is the level of change and investment that will be required to make our grid resilient. I am determined to do that, and this Government is determined to do that, and we will work with Deputy Bacik if she has any additional ideas in that regard.

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