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

My sense of it is that we are not achieving the targets so far and, as the Minister said, that we are going backwards. On the real big wins, of the ones that have the real opportunity to change everything, the one outstanding one, of course, is renewable energy from the ocean, whether it is wind, wave or tidal. I wonder how quick are we progressing towards harnessing that enormous resource of energy which could not only energise this country but could provide Europe with a lot of energy. Could the Minister tell me, in terms of forced policy on planning and on the environment, how quickly we are progressing and what is his expectation in relation to wind energy? Will we achieve what we set out to achieve by 2030 in terms of renewable generation of major sources of power?

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