Mr. Eddie Burke:

The application is under the CEF. It is a competitive process. This means one is competing across Europe with other applicants. Generally, they tend to be oversubscribed by a factor of two to three. In the case of the funding I mentioned earlier for studies, it can fund up to 50% of the cost. That is studies to bring one up to one's design, planning application and all that type of stuff. It brings one to being shovel-ready. In terms of CEF and the infrastructure and works, we are talking about 30%. We have talked to Rosslare and met management, as we have with other ports, about the opportunities available under CEF. I mentioned already that as we speak an information day is being hosted by the Department, with I think 50 potential applicants online. The Commission is there, as is the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, CINEA, which is the body that evaluates these submissions. The whole purpose of that is to generate interest in it and to facilitate people in making applications. We know there is interest from our ports in making applications for this. The closing date for calls is either the 9 January or the 19 January. That work is ongoing. We expect to have a number of applications in for studies on the roll-out of offshore renewable energy.