Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Jennifer WhitmoreJennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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One of the things that has been raised with me by those in the industry is that there is not any pre-planning consultation with national parks. As a result, when An Bord Pleanála or An Coimisiún Pleanála come back, they look for information that those to whom I refer believe could have built into their planning applications head of time. They see that as quite a constraint. Does Mr. Moran know how many people within-----