Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I agree. That is why I am asking Mr. Walsh. I think the opportunity is extraordinary. Given that the pace has increased commercially, which is what we are hearing from industry, and that sentiment is changing regarding offshore wind not because of the climate imperative but because of the energy security difficulties that we have, there is an enormous opportunity. I see it changing in my constituency of Dún Laoghaire where we are talking about visible fixed turbines off what is a beautiful coastline. Other constituencies will also have that. I see attitudes changing considerably and the opportunity is now. I thank Mr. Walsh for answering my question. I am very interested in it and I would love to hear more from him about it in the future.