Mr. Rory O'Leary:

Yes. It is a condition of the special MACs, a subject of planning. The corollary to that is the right to occupy is contingent on adhering to the conditions of the consent, which is that you get development permission. The intent is not to have these areas locked down that could be developed further. That is why there are those hard stop milestones in respect of that. It is right through the end of the planning process in that sense. If planning permission is ultimately refused, then the MAC can be terminated at that point but it would not happen prior to that.

An Cathaoirleach: We are at thge early atges of this. Compared to many the world at the moment, we are way behind. The fgirst offshore wind turbines went down in Arklow, I do not know when it was, 2003 or something like that. It is a long time ago. 2009 maynbe. We have a lot of cathign up to do. Mr. Mellett just said it fromt he outset that we have proibably one of the best wind potentials in Europe. We do not let, the expression.... do not let perection be the enemy oif the good. We really need to do this. We ened to be consdierate of that very fragile marine environmenta