Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)

I will be brief. While I welcome the Minister's indication that funding will be made available, the amount of funding that will be required is ambiguous, to say the least, given the huge potential that exists and the knock-on effect such development will have for the State as well as for the security of resources. As this type of technology is only in its infancy, I would not like its development to be held hostage to the lack of funding. I would like to be assured of that. I thank the Minister in advance for his reply.

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