Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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I believe the report by the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, highlighted the opportunities for wind export. We are very well positioned on the periphery of Europe for what the report suggested would be the real opportunity for big industrial development with export potential, which would be offshore. In the past couple of weeks a report has come from the European Commission on blue energy. I understand that Bord na Móna’s land ownership, and what it will do with it, puts it in a position that is different from those of Element or the other developers, but is it factoring that in? The scope for putting turbines on land is finite. Already there is very significant resistance to large-scale proposals. Is Bord na Móna considering that?