Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is really important that we get this process of development of DMAPs right. The committee met with the Department. There is concern across the political spectrum that there is not enough capacity within the Department to do the DMAP work at the pace and scale required and that we could potentially fail to realise the opportunity that is there or to give a clear indication that Ireland is ambitious, particularly in the area of floating offshore wind. I appreciate the technical piece as regards ensuring this stuff does not hit a brick wall but we do need to move at pace and scale on the development of those DMAPs. We met with the Department. I believe a further discussion is needed. Additional resources may be required. There is a strong case for the State to get ahead of the game here. If additional resources are required, they should be made available.

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