Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament
Seanad Éireann — 2022-09-20
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Barry Ward (FG), Industrial and Commercial Panel

She did, okay. In that case, I acknowledge that. There are issues, however, that I wanted to raise with her that I tried to raise with her on the last occasion also.
With regard to the subject on today's Order Paper, again I welcome the comments that have been made. I would like to take up one issue with Mr. Cuffe, which is the dependence on semiconductors from Taiwan. I believe that the much greater issue is the dependence on semiconductors from China than those from Taiwan. We should have positive trading agreements with Taiwan. The difficulty is the control that China has over that market.
In the context of climate, there are other issues that are been raised around wind energy. What can the European Parliament do, not just to incentivise and encourage, but to compel Ireland to move faster to optimise offshore wind energy generation?

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Sitting date: 2022-09-20