I listened to the Tánaiste’s reply earlier that he is determined to increase wind energy by 2030. International investors hear that, they come to Ireland and they leave shortly thereafter shaking their heads. When will the marine area consents be granted for phase 2? What are the criteria going to be? Will power-to-X be included in that or will it not? Because international investors are completely in the dark as to what the Government's plans are, they simply do not hang around. They leave and invest in Scotland, which is massively upping production. We are talking about doing this a lot but there is nothing happening.

The Deputy will see a lot happening in the next couple of years, particularly with the developments in Rosslare, the establishment of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA, and the auctions for offshore wind. I do not have the answers to the Deputy’s precise and very reasonable questions, but there is a meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on the environment and climate this afternoon. Offshore wind is on the agenda, so perhaps I will be able to come back to the Deputy after this meeting or, if not, I will ask the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to do so.

I doubt that will help either.