Cabinet Committees
Dail Éireann — 2026-05-12
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Barry Heneghan (IND), Dublin Bay North

I welcome the recent discussion about nuclear power but, economically, would it not be more viable for us to decentralise our grid with the private wires Bill and bring in long-duration energy storage and alternative energy storage abilities, be it gravity, green hydrogen or any of the newest things that are coming to the market? We saw how much the UK project went over its budget and I would love to see the cost-benefit analysis of nuclear compared with renewables.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-12