Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. I will read it in more detail later.

I want to try to keep the focus on Galway, in particular the GH2 project, and will continue to do so. I flag something I noted from gov.iethis morning. There is now a campaign to appoint members to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA, with which the Minister of State will be familiar. I want to renew my call for the Government, when considering the appointment of the board, to consider people with expertise in renewables. It is important we have mixed competencies on board, in particular in organisations like MARA. I again renew my call for local city and county councillors, who have traditionally been on many of these boards, to be considered for nomination to boards given their expertise in proper planning and sustainable development in their local communities.