Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
I agree 100% with Mr. Minogue. I spoke yesterday in the Chamber. We have a clear deficiency in port capacity. It is great that we got the Port of Cork investment. I spoke to the Taoiseach. The Government said there is a Bill in that progress that will hopefully end the issue with the Irish Maritime Development Office, IMDO. Have IBEC and Chambers Ireland expressed their support for a Bill that would bring in planning, prioritising and funding for offshore? We do not want to give them complete control so that public has no say. If we are going to go this way with offshore renewable energy, ORE, there is not going to be enough grid capacity. If the case was that the ORE was success, would the witnesses be supportive of electrolysis factories? Would they be supportive of long-term energy storage? What would be the ideal scenario for Chambers Ireland?
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