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. Paul Kelly:

One of the things that is very important in a plan-led approach is the opportunity to develop a marine cluster. For example, in the Dún Laoghaire area, there is a former ferry terminal that has planning permission to support new development in marine technologies. My personal view is that, as we build out offshore wind facilities around the coast of Ireland, we will need to develop these clusters, which would be networked together and led by a national strategy, whether the national industrial strategy or work led by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. This would give us a cluster effect and generate research and development opportunities around the coast.

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