Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his reply. It was on 15 January 2008 that the Minister announced this initiative. He announced that €1 million would be spent on a world class, state-of-the-art national ocean energy facility at UCC in 2008, that €2 million would be spent in 2008 to support and develop a grid-connected wave energy site near Belmullet, and that €2 million in grant aid would be provided in 2008 under the ocean energy prototype fund for developers of this type of technology. How much of that €5 million was actually spent last year?

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