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:

We could certainly ask Enterprise Ireland to supply it. This is very much its initiative, and it has been very successful. Sometimes people think we will have to build a supply chain but we already have many companies operating in this space. It is about connecting them together and looking at opportunities to help them to develop while also getting all the enterprise and support agencies to support them in this sector. It is a new sector and sometimes it takes the Government a little while to pivot. In fairness to Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, they are now very focused on this sector.