Alan Dillon

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Today with David McCullagh · The Gathering · 8 May 2026 podcast

So that's why we're investing in Ireland's record investment through price review six over 19 billion euros over the next five years.

And that will provide more capacity.

It will have better reliability, but also it will have longer lasting cost implications.

And certainly that will provide value for money for many of the taxpayers who will contribute to that.

Well, certainly it is, but I think it's more of a long-term question because Ireland does not have a plan for 2040 or 2050.

Indeed, our priority at the minute is to ensure that we get as much renewables into the system as possible.

We reinforce our grid, we have battery storage, better interconnection, and again, continue the momentum we're building in terms of the offshore wind,

and the most recent successful auctions that we have run out.

But certainly, I support the examination of all long-term options, including small modular reactions, but I think we need to be practically focused on what we can actually deliver in the here and now.

I don't think that's the case, David.

I think Minister Lawless has indicated that nothing is off the table in regards to continuing the programme for government commitment around reducing the cost of college and fees.

We have seen in the last budget a permanent €500 cut.

that has been delivered, it's baked in now and I think that matters.

But we also understand the challenges that families are facing and it's not just around the cost of fees, it's the cost of transport, the cost of

rent, the cost of actually going to college.

So we have introduced a number of measures.

We see now that there's a higher grant around SUSY, particularly for students who are further away from college.

We've also widened the eligibility threshold for those to access SUSY.

couples or households who are earning up to €120,000 can qualify.

And that certainly brings in a lot of those hard-pressed middle-income families.

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