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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am tempted to go to EirGrid but those questions might be more for the regulator. Is that fair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does Mr. Foley want to take the question on further interconnection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: That is good to hear. Separate from that opportunity, given the multiple crises now, there is an urgency that we did not appreciate before. I am tempted to ask how quickly we can do it all but it is probably not fair to put Mr. Foley on the spot. It seems that Europe is at war and a wartime approach is probably needed to build out the infrastructure. We will return to that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: There was a question on meetings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: It sounds like there needs to some kind of formalised mechanism for that ongoing engagement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Is that point captured in Shaping Our Electricity Future?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Ireland is very much at the leading edge of this. Regarding locating storage close by, there is also the green hydrogen piece, which is separate from the battery piece. How evolved is the thinking on green hydrogen? Obviously, it needs to be put close to where the current gas generation capacity is. Has that part of the strategy evolved yet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Phelan. I am mindful of time. Six members are looking to contribute. Members have two minutes. I gave Senator Boylan latitude simply because I took latitude myself. I will try to keep it to the two minutes if I can. I ask witnesses to be as succinct as possible in their responses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am mindful of the time and I know that other members wish to contribute, but I thank Mr. Keating for his thorough answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Ms McHugh. I move on now to Mr. Foley. Will Mr. Foley answer all of those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Up to this point, Demand Response Association of Ireland makes submissions on policy or regulation. Is that the only way of engaging with the system or are there no other ways of engagement for bodies such as this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank the Senator. I am very mindful of time. There are quite a few members who wish to get in. To check with those online, Deputy Bruton had his hand up. Does he intend to ask a question, though not necessarily now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: We will try to manage it. I just wanted to find out if he was interested in asking a question. Is Deputy Bríd Smith there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Okay. I will go to Deputy Whitmore now. I ask our guests, as enthusiastic as they are about their subject, to curtail their answers to allow everybody to ask questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does Dr. Ryan want to respond to Deputy Bruton’s question? It is probably more geared towards the other witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Does anyone from the DRAI want to contribute on specific signals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I am glad we are finally talking about bikes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: Do Mr. Smith and Ms Doyle want to contribute? If so, they should be as brief as they can be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: To build on Deputy Bruton’s question, when are we going to get clarity on the signals? Does it entail EirGrid or the CRU?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)
Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Coughlan.