Transcript (en)

We're going to be investing between now and 2030 about 18.9 billion euro in our grid. And that's needed. It's needed to deal with increased demand because thankfully our population continues to grow, our economy continues to grow. But the issues and the challenges that Ireland have are no different than many EU states that we need to upgrade our grid, we need to integrate it better, and we need more interconnection. And they are things within in the competence of the European Union. Certainly with regard to our grids package, it needs to be tangible. It needs to bring about real benefits. It needs to be backed financially, frankly, as well. But we need to deploy these resources quicker and more efficiently.