Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Delivery Challenges in the Offshore Wind Sector: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Noel Cunniffe:
In my opening statement I referenced that the Skillnet Offshore Wind Academy is critical in this and I will expand on this. The Skillnet Offshore Wind Academy is a new academy we created in partnership with Skillnet Ireland. It is a joint industry and Government venture. Through expertise, such as that of all the people we see here and our 200 member companies, we are working with universities around Ireland to design micro-credential courses to allow people to transition into the offshore wind energy, with skills development on electricity grid engineering, offshore planning, marine consenting, project management and mariner skills to move from the fishing industry or other maritime activities into supporting the development of offshore wind energy or doing surveying activities. We have rolled out ten or 12 micro-credential courses with universities all around Ireland this year. They have been designed by the companies we see before us today.
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