Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed)

Mr. Mark Foley:

The question from Deputy Farrell was about the offshore wind in the Irish Sea. He correctly mentioned the maritime planning legislation. It is at an advanced stage. It is going through at the moment and needs to get approved by the Dáil. I believe that we will see the first project in the first half of this decade, and certainly by 2025. We will see a lot of the other projects coming through in the second half of the decade. These are good developers and they are spending money. As we speak, survey rigs can be seen in Dublin Bay right down to Arklow, even today. They are ready to go and we just need the legislative certainty to execute the final bit of that plan.

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