Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fully agree with the reply of the Minister, Deputy Ryan, to Deputy Durkan on energy security. What steps have his Department now taken to expedite this strategy for floating offshore wind and to bring the reality of that sooner? The legislation on maritime planning has passed. There is an opportunity for offshore fixed wind in my own constituency in Dún Laoghaire. I want to be clear that I support that for a whole range of different reasons but, primarily, for energy security and for the climate. There is also a tension about biodiversity and questions are being asked about that. Would the Minister like to comment on that?

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