Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Deputy's last point about urgency and creativity.

We must be bold at a European level, and while we were unsuccessful in the bilateral between the UK and Ireland, France is also an option in terms of linking into the European grid. If we can provide offshore floating wind turbines, as an example, we should be examining and harnessing that potential. My colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, is in fisheries, and there are proposals around Ireland's ocean wealth. Within that there is the ongoing research, urgency and creativity around what we can use off our west coast, and off our east coast, for that matter.

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