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

Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)

I know the fisheries people up there. I was talking to Mr. McCabe and the feedback is good. That is what we want to hear. The last thing we need to hear is that something is shovel ready and there is somebody objecting to it, leading to problems.

Earlier, Mr. Moran spoke about the guard vessels. Given that every other country is doing it, why can we not do it? At the time when Shell was going in Mayo, the fishers thought they would get in on it and it came down to them not having the proper load lines. Is this something that can be sorted out fairly handily? What is the problem?

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