Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Rosslare Europort has today been named port of the year in Malmö, Sweden. I congratulate those involved. I am glad to have played my part. A young scientist, biochemical engineer or something of that nature from Waterford is doing research in my village of Ramsgrange. A local farmer has given him land to carry out research on carbon capturing. That is a Waterford chap working in County Wexford. We must have the capacity to combine with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, both of which are situated in Wexford. It makes absolute sense that the new campus in Wexford would facilitate a research centre and STEM courses. That is primary. I know the capital infrastructure purportedly available for the SETU is in the region of €300 million, or at least that was the ask and I can see that is the need. When will it happen? Delivery is paramount. We cannot tell farmers in ten years' time that what we were telling them today is wrong. We need this research and we need it now.

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