Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Mahon might send the committee a note on that element of it.

I must commend EirGrid on the extensive engagement that was done. A lot of money was put behind that campaign and it was really well done. Obviously, there are still people who were not aware of it, but that is a different day's work.

I will ask Dr. Ryan about his comments about the offshore. The Cathaoirleach mentioned this. The floating offshore system is in operation in other jurisdictions.

Reference was made to Scotland in that regard. It may be that there is an issue relating to price. Floating offshore systems are in operation in other jurisdictions throughout Europe, however. Mr. Foley referred to the pan-European model. On the face of it, that seems like a good and worthwhile exercise. As European partners are already using floating offshore, however, why are we so reluctant to use it here? We should be learning from them. The technology exists. There are entire wind farms consisting of floating offshore. What is the aversion to it in this country?