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

On Deputy Sherlock's point, I do think that we can reach the 5 GW by 2030. The Government has been in office for about a year and a half or a bit more. In that time, the marine planning framework has been published. The Maritime Area Planning Act has been enacted. There have been very significant developments, particularly in respect of the development of wind energy to give certainty to investors. Unlike Deputy Boyd Barrett, I welcome investment in wind energy off our coast. I do not think that the State on its own will be able to develop wind energy. We will have to agree to disagree on that. There is tremendous potential. The sea is seven times the size of our land mass.

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