Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That meeting is important because it can open the door and create a pathway for an application for significant funding, which would be backed by the State, from the CEF. The Department of Transport has been in touch with the European Commission seeking to negotiate changes to the criteria for this facility which would allow for EU funding for basic port infrastructure with a view to improving connectivity and for port infrastructure for offshore wind generation in the CEF's next programme, which is to run from 2021 to 2023. That programme will be adopted this month and this will allow ports, including Rosslare Europort, to apply for CEF funding. As I said earlier, we are very conscious of the potential of Rosslare Europort. Some investment in infrastructure has happened because of Brexit, as the Deputy will know. The key point is that the post-Brexit scenario has been positive for Rosslare. The offshore wind issue also presents significant potential.

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