Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Offshore Wind Energy Strategy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Mr. Gary Tobin:

The DMAP is about where offshore windfarms may be located. The green energy parks concept would be about where on land we want to bring the power to in order to focus on the development of large-scale, energy-intensive industry. Again, apologies if I misunderstood the question.

I will speak to export potential quickly and then hand over to Mr. McDermot on supply chain. This may be a personal view but I would not hugely emphasise the issue of exporting power. We should be trying to maximise the added value we can get from this power in Ireland.