Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not want that to have to be the situation, quite honestly. I really do not.

On the issue of LNG, the Planning and Development Act 2023 restated the factual position. The Government has not taken any policy decisions in that regard. Our policy position under climate legislation, and with respect to where we want to get to, is that we want to produce clean, renewable energy and to move from being a net importer of energy that is bad for the climate to being a net exporter of clean, green energy. That is where we want to go. There is a legitimate question about the period of transition. How do we fill the gap from where we are today to having the offshore wind energy capacity we need for the country and to export? In that context alone can other projects be considered.

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