Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the witnesses for coming in and for their presentations. I have a couple of a questions.

One of the themes running through it all is development. All of the ports require more development. Outside of Dublin, which has specific issues and has a master plan in place, all the other ports have mentioned how the work of the offshore wind industry will be facilitated, maintained and worked into the future. Certainly what we hear everywhere is that there is huge potential there. I would like to get their view as to the timescale in respect of this. Everybody is saying that this will happen quickly and yet it does not seem to happen quickly. What is the hold-up? Is the infrastructure in the ports one of the key issues preventing the development of offshore wind?