Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

He is very welcome. It is a kind of congratulations. I missed a considerable amount of this meeting. I read through Mr. McGarry's opening statement and probably missed all the important parts. However, the fact is that this is all about the port from a point of view of delivering offshore wind and renewables. Mr. McGarry's over-and-back with the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach dealt with some of what I was going to go into. I was going to speak about how we have a private company here. Mr. McGarry spoke about a number of the interactions with EirGrid, SSE, and whoever else it needs. It has a general timeline in relation to projections. Can Mr. McGarry can get into some detail on how he foresees the timeline in relation to delivering offshore wind? The Cathaoirleach Gníomhach has spoken about how EirGrid does not have the infrastructure to deliver on what we could actually produce. It is therefore a matter of making sure that all those conversations pieces are had together.

I have heard some commentators state that our plans, even at their best, are not as courageous or imaginative as they could be in the sense that Ireland could really be a wind superpower. I realise that is a trite term we nearly all use at this stage. We could change the wind energy map of Europe and even beyond. We all get this from climate change and energy security perspectives. Are state aid rules still causing a problem, or could they? That is about 14 questions in one, so I will let Mr. McGarry rip.