We have heard today that demand for electricity will outstrip supply. Why would it not do so, given that the Government gave in to the Green Party when it closed two Bord na Móna power stations in the middle of the country? Surely the Government will not cave in to the proposal to decommission the Kinsale gas terminal, where we could store gas during the summer months and have it at the ready for the winter. Surely it will not concede on that proposal and exacerbate people's position. The cost of electricity has increased every day since the two power-generating plants in the middle of the country were closed.

That is just not accurate. Those power plants in the midlands were closed on foot of a court order in a planning decision. It was not an evil plot by the Green Party or the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. That is just not true.

They were not supposed to close for seven months.

They were closed on foot of a court decision. We are going to use the infrastructure there for battery storage, which will be helpful for dealing with our energy needs and energy security.

The reasons the demand for electricity has increased so much in Ireland are simple: our population is growing rapidly, our economy is growing fast and we are moving away from fossil fuels to electric vehicles, heat pumps and so on. The solution is more supply. We need more generating capacity and it is coming on stream. It is going to be gas and renewables, and we have a plan to catch up on this backlog and give us headroom to expand further.

What about Kinsale? The Tánaiste never answered that.

I am sorry but I did not get the question.