Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Matt ShanahanMatt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I think the market might dictate a bit of that. I will not digress because my time is up, and I have two other things that I am surprised are not in the Department's strategy document. Mr. Tobin has mentioned private wire but I want to ask about the whole deployment and connection into the national grid. The second point is security issues, which really have to be thought about. How are we going to protect this asset in the future, considering what is happening? I am glad to see Mr. Tobin put in a figure of 5,000 jobs. I saw a political contribution recently where somebody was talking about 50,000 jobs here in the next couple of years from offshore wind but 5,000 will be reached based on what we have seen with regard to deployment elsewhere. My time is up. I thank Mr. Tobin, and if he could share with me the names in that particular case I would appreciate it.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.