Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is fundamentally the reality. In my view, the Deputy is fundamentally wrong in what he is putting forward.

Deputy Brennan referred to regulatory hurdles and so on. We are doing everything possible through MARA to get offshore wind through as quickly we possibly can. That will mean transposition of more EU directives. There is a clause in the EU directive to deal with matters when all else fails. This is the overriding public interest clause, and it should be invoked in respect of offshore wind generation because the latter is the most fundamental way in which this country can deal with climate and renewables.

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