Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I hear about strategies and plans but I do not see the grid being built or the offshore wind being provided. Does the Minister agree we need to shorten the route to market with regard to offshore wind planning in the provision of grid infrastructure and the development of the ports? It is no good having all of these policies if we do not do the things that those policies should lead to. Does he agree we need to shorten the route between having green hydrogen and producing green hydrogen, in making sure that we invest some of the windfall profits coming from the hi-tech corporation tax sector in Irish ownership of the grid and invest in offshore industry in order that returns come back to Ireland and in the connectivity to Europe and the UK? We will produce surplus energy that we could sell to make this country wealthy. What will the Minister do to make these things happen on the ground? All I hear is about plans and strategies but I do not see it happening in the ground.

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