Barry Heneghan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)

I thank Mr. Cunniffe and I appreciate that. Regarding the community funds being given with the projects, we have to be realistic if we are going to hit these targets for wind energy. There is a huge lack of tradespeople in Ireland. We will have to bring in people to be welders and electricians because we do not have them at the moment for the housing crisis, let alone to have them building giant offshore renewable energy infrastructure. Are the witnesses or their companies willing to support training colleges, such as that in Coolock, or the universities? There needs to be a shift in the teaching of universities. We have a lack of tradesmen and tradeswomen. We will need a lot of welders to build this infrastructure. The companies are investing billions of euro in the economy. It would be great to see these investments stay, through giving people a trade they will have for the rest of their lives.