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

The offshore renewable electricity support scheme, ORESS 1, is in planning. There are five development sites under it. We have the south coast DMAP as well, which is available and Tonn Nua is basically the second auction. They are part of the pipeline. The national DMAP will be completed by 2027 and it is for our whole maritime area, so there are probably 15 to 25 sites. That is really the pipeline after 2030. On the development sites we have right now, talking to the development sector, ORESS 1, Tonn Nua and the south coast DMAP, especially finding a route to market for the three other sections, is more than significant for the development sector for us to realise the additional gigawatts that will come from them and get them into our system. The national DMAP will then provide an opportunity for us to look at the next phase, the post-2030 phase. The sector - stakeholders such Wind Energy Ireland and others - responded well to this by saying that if we hit the end of 2027, that would be optimal from their perspective.