Mr. Conor McCabe:

Absolutely. There is so much activity. This might address Deputy Ó Broin's point on marine protected areas and we will interact with those in future. We are conscious that this is all one maritime area and we cannot bring all plans in together and at the same time. We do not have that luxury. We cannot wait for other plans to come along as this is too important and we must get it right in order to create a decision-making framework. However, any marine policy or plan that comes after this will be informed by the national marine planning framework and the framework itself will take this into account in future iterations as it goes along. I plan to review the national marine planning framework in the first couple of years of its lifetime because of the amount of activity happening all at one time, whether it relates to marine protected areas, ports or an offshore renewable energy development plan.

There is much happening over the next 18 to 24 months and we will have to capture that again in the next couple of years. We are committed to a six-year cycle but it will be shorter in the first iteration. It is an ongoing process, which is an important point to make.