Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Justin Moran:
I do not have that specific detail. I will make two points. First, a learning, for want of a better way of putting it, for when the next project goes in, the Tonn Nua project – whichever company is successful with that – is to try to ensure that statutory agencies and stakeholders are funded upfront in order that when pre-planning consultations happen, they are as productive as they can be. That would speed up the process. That is something we can learn for the future. With regard to what we are doing now, ensuring that the National Parks and Wildlife Service has the resources and capacity, is giving priority to offshore wind projects that have been the subject of requests for further information and is seeking to engage would be very helpful.
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