Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, is travelling to Ros an Mhíl to announce a very welcome €25 million investment to help capitalise on our massive offshore energy opportunities. While the Russians are holding the EU over a barrel regarding gas supplies, thus taming the EU approach not just to Ukraine but to war games off our own coast, we in Ireland are sitting on enough offshore electricity to power more than 64 million homes across the European Union. As I pointed out in our Private Members' motion that was unanimously adopted by the Dáil on 8 December 2021, unless we take a strategic approach to developing all our ports, we will never maximise this opportunity or drive down the cost of electricity for Irish families. When will the Government establish an offshore renewable development authority to drive a fully co-ordinated national action plan for our offshore energy sector?

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