Ms Kate Dempsey:

To briefly go back to the Deputy's question around EU funding and the availability of funding for projects, it is actually much wider than we have discussed so far. One of the EU funds we have applied to recently relates to empowering communities to be able to engage effectively with offshore renewables as they develop out. There is a significant amount of funding available for that. However, the problem is that we have a handful of projects that are in phase 1 and we have not yet announced what the phase 2 projects will be. In order to be able to apply for funding successfully, we must first know what those projects will be so that we can work together with the projects and the communities to be able to apply for the funding. That leads me into some of the work that is being done in the offshore renewables sector, certainly in some of the projects I have been working on. It is about trying to empower communities to increase the amount of seafood production, in the first instance, that they can produce as a result of their engagement with offshore renewable energy. It is about how offshore renewables can support those industries in applications for new licences for aquaculture and fisheries, and also how we might integrate aquaculture activities, such as the restorative aquaculture of oyster and mussel farming or seaweed farming, within the offshore renewable development space. There is a huge amount of work under way on that front. Certainly, my experience of the offshore renewable energy industry, and also being part of the aquaculture industry, is that both sides are quite happy to engage with each other on it. They both see the benefits of that. It is actually something that has been very helpful in ensuring we are engaging successfully with what would otherwise be impacted communities.