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

Photo of Pat GallagherPat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)

I ask Mr. Moran to repeat the six locations where planning permission had been applied for. Is each one of those applications in the name of individual companies? What is the life expectancy of the wind farms? Is there anything in the legislation to deal with situations where something goes wrong and a wind farm becomes dormant?

Whose responsibility is it to ensure we get back to where we were?

Finally, will the witnesses indicate to us a few locations that we could consider visiting as a committee? If they give us a few options, we can then decide at a later stage if we should do that.

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