Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)

I have the Department of Transport and the Department of Energy, Climate and the Environment. We want more renewables, including more onshore renewables, offshore, more onshore wind, onshore solar and so on, and we are doing well as a country in that regard. Some 40% of our electricity last year was generated from renewable energy, so we are going in the right direction. We need to get to 80% by 2030. We probably will not hit 80% but we will be close to it. It will be a significant advancement.

As regards Shannon and matters that AirNav, the IAA and Shannon Airport may raise by way of their observations around planning applications for wind farms in the area, that is a matter for the planning authority. I am not being evasive, but it would not be appropriate for me to comment on that. There is enough expertise within those agencies to put forward the points they believe are germane to the planning application.

An Coimisiún Pleanála will then make its decision in the round. I will not say any more than that on it but the Deputy has made his point pretty clearly and articulately.