Mr. Pat Keating:

On floating versus fixed, we are listening to people in the sector very closely when they come to us. It is all about floating, given the efficiencies it is expected to provide and the scale it can provide. In addition, from a planning perspective, floating is further offshore. It is not on the near-shore environment so there is less interruption from leisure, fishermen and all of that. It is somewhat out of sight. All of our enquiries from the sector and the marketplace are about floating.

On wave energy, we had certain wave devices more than ten years ago. None of them really came to fruition. That technology is considerably behind floating offshore wind. We commissioned a public report and we will provide a copy to the committee.

On the infrastructural projects, the Limerick-Foynes road is critical. We are a major port and maritime asset but we are connected by a secondary road. We spoke about offshore renewables and connectivity. We need to move people, machinery and goods to and from the port so we need adequate connectivity. The Deputy will have noted some of our other core objectives as regards the Irish unitised supply chain, which is bottlenecked towards the east. That road will help assist on that. We are working closely with Irish Rail on the rail line and the Rail Freight 2040 Strategy it launched last year. We are working very closely on that. A key priority for Irish Rail is not just the reinstatement of the Limerick-Foynes line but the upgrading of the Limerick-Limerick Junction line. We can balance our national supply chain through those hinterland connectivity projects as well as providing connectivity for offshore renewable resources.

I will ask Mr. Hallissey to come in on the other items the Deputy asked about.