Mr. Noel Cunniffe:

We have targets for 2030. We are currently not on track to hit those.

It is more likely that we will hit our 2030 offshore wind targets at some point in the early 2030s, namely in 2033 or 2034.

The national ORE DMAP, which was announced by the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, a number of months ago, is due to be completed before the end of 2027. For that to happen, we need to make sure the Department receives necessary resources to be able to scale up in order that it can carry out technical desktop analyses, seabed surveys and environmental assessments and engage in significant community engagement. The national ORE process for that DMAP will encapsulate the entire coastline of Ireland. We saw that with the south coast DMAP, it took 18 months of really hard work on the part of the Department in order to reach a successful outcome. The Department was well resourced to do that. The area involved was quite small, particularly when we consider what we are trying to do now with the national ORE DMAP. We are hopeful that it can be delivered. It needs to be delivered by 2027 in order for us to hit our 2040 targets. To do that, the necessary resources must be in place.