Mr. Justin Moran:

Some of them, to be fair, are coming through. Getting auction dates clarified and knowing there will be an auction at the end of this year is very important. They will also want to see what kinds of positions will be put in place for the planning system to enable that to happen, and they will need to see the grid development moving forward. It is about giving them a sense that momentum in Ireland is going from policy to delivery, so they can see implementation and changes. It is also important to see what kinds of support and focus will be on ports, both the operations and maintenance ports. Mr. Lennon spoke about this earlier. Some of our members identified that if they are developing a wind farm, then this is the port they would be using. This is a very positive indicator also. If we are looking to see ports in the Republic of Ireland being used for construction of offshore wind farms we would need to see this moved forward very quickly. Right now on the island of Ireland there is one really excellent harbour facility in Belfast that can build offshore wind farms. Ireland is looking to develop 5,000 MW of offshore wind farms between now and 2030. As good a port as Belfast is, it cannot simultaneously build 5,000 MW of offshore wind farms. There are ports on the west coast of Britain but a lot of us would like to see the focus on investment in Ireland rather than in those ports. It must be borne in mind also that British wind farms will be looking to use either their own ports on their own west coast, or possibly even for further capacity in the Belfast port. It is very important for Ireland to see what we can do to move forward with our port infrastructure.