Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-15
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

I will add that the fishers would very much appreciate, given the complaints they are making about the failure of these companies to engage properly with their representatives, particularly in terms of the Codling Bank, that the Minister might look into that and try to ensure that engagement actually takes place and that we do not end up cutting off our nose to spite our face.
There is no reason, with floating offshore wind, we cannot put these in different locations now. We have the technology. There does not have to be a trade-off between the imperative of developing renewable energy resources and destroying existing livelihoods in industries or, for that matter, doing other things that may damage our marine and coastal environment. I hope the Minister will look into that east coast side of things because the fishers would very much appreciate it.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-15