Written answers

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Official Engagements

9:00 pm

Photo of Martin FerrisMartin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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Question 50: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason he was not officially represented at the Amsterdam conference on wind energy in view of the potential that exists in this area. [39366/11]

Photo of Pat RabbittePat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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The conference referred to is a commercial conference held on offshore wind technologies on an annual basis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). I was accompanied by officials from my Department at an equivalent event in Ireland just days before the EWEA conference in Amsterdam.

I agree that there is significant development potential to develop the offshore renewable resources we have in Ireland in the context of developing an export market. I addressed the National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland conference to give this message on 15 November in Dublin.

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