Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals
Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source
If I could come back to that last point where Mr. Burke said the officials are liaising with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, he has correctly highlighted we need ports designated to carry out this wind infrastructure. My understanding is there is much work taking place on the UK mainland and that people are looking at the possibility of doing some of this in Wales. There are potentially issues around Brexit, taxes and all that. Mr. Burke mentioned this Connecting Europe fund. Has that been described as available? For instance, Rosslare Port is controlled by Irish Rail, as the officials probably know. Is it aware of that fund? Do the officials know if it is making applications to the fund for infrastructural developments down there? What quantum of money is available to any port that wants to make an application under that?
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