Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate
1:30 pm
Mr. David McGarry:
I will, of course. I am not in a position to answer some of them truthfully.
On the EU, the potential for the port is in the energy area in terms of strategy and to invest in Foynes and to develop the Limerick docks. Those are probably the three key things that can be game changers for Shannon Foynes Port, which would be very consistent with the EU policies. We have to develop Shannon Foynes Port itself, develop renewable energy sources that are naturally available in the estuary in terms of wind, ocean and tidal energy and look at the development of the docks area in Limerick. That would be consistent with EU policy and our own regional plans and area plans.
I have been on the board of Bus Éireann for approximately two and a quarter years. It has been a very interesting personal experience. I am not the chairman and not the chief executive of Bus Éireann, and I do not want to speak out of turn. I understand discussions between both sides are ongoing to address the issues that hit the headlines in recent days. I believe they are going in the right direction. It is in progress and in hand.
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