Mr. Robert McCabe:

I will roll the two questions into one and try to be brief. I will try to give a working group view of the questions. Mr. Moran described the expertise in the technology very well. From the working group perspective, we want to see progress on our climate emergency targets and that it be done in an inclusive way. Quite a lot is happening, including the An Coimisiún Pleanála process for the six phase 1 projects, the forthcoming auction for the forthcoming south coast DMAP, and the decision on how to deal with the national DMAP and, indeed, whether that would include a demonstrator site or a test bed site.

The working group is really concerned that we not lose any inclusivity as we move forward on that. The south coast DMAP was a success. The challenges that Mr. Moran set out around how to consult on a wider DMAP are very real but we would not want to lose the progress that has been made. The developer-led phase 1 projects, by necessity, had a very different process because they started 20 years ago. The DMAP process is much better. If it included a test bed, so be it, so long as it did not delay the process or in any way reduce the engagement with the sectors affected, particularly seafood.