Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will bring the conversation back to the floating offshore challenge we have. The Minister mentioned the Bechtel report earlier, which sets out the vision for the Shannon Estuary and the west coast's enduring regime, which by and large will be floating technology. Wind Energy Ireland had its conference yesterday and the day before, to which the Minister gave the keynote address. From speaking to some people who were at that, they felt the floating offshore issue was being pushed and a policy statement is expected next year. They would say that, for floating offshore technology to get going, it needs the maritime area consents to be issued for those phase 2 projects by the end of this year to enable the surveys and so on in 2024. That is how we get alignment with the 2030 targets. Is there capacity to bring forward that ambition in the are of floating offshore technology?