Departmental Meetings

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Questions (307)

Roderic O'Gorman

Question:

307. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for a detailed list of the meetings and external stakeholders engaged with as part of the ongoing work of the ORE ports facilitation division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5736/26]

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Minister of State at the Department of Transport

As part my department’s work remit, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Ports Facilitation Division is actively engaged with a wide variety of stakeholders from within the offshore industry, wider maritime industry, including: the UK and EU Member States, financial stakeholders and port companies with experience in facilitating ORE.

The following list details each external stakeholder by category. This list is not exhaustive and my department’s officials have many ad-hoc engagements at events such as the annual Wind Energy Ireland and Wind Europe conferences.

Engagement with external stakeholders as part of the consultation on Technical Guidance documents:

• Wind Energy Ireland

• Bord Iascaigh Mhara

• Irish Lights

• EirGrid

• Inland Fisheries Ireland

• Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

• Sea Fisheries Protection Authority

• Marine Renewables Industry Association

• National Offshore Wind Energy Association

• Renewable Energy Ireland

• Clogherhead Fisherman’s Organisation

• IFA Aquaculture

• Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association

• Irish Fish Producers Association

• Irish South & West Fish Producers Organisation

• Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation

• Irish Seafood Producers Group

• Irish South & East Fish Producers Organisation

• Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation

• National Inshore Fisheries Association

• National Inshore Fisheries Forums

• Sailing Ireland

• Royal National Lifeguard Institute

• Irish Aviation Authority

• Maritime Area Regulatory Authority

• An Bord Pleanála / An Comisuin Pleanála

• Anatec Consultants

• Nash Maritime

• Harbourmaster Group

• Irish Chamber of Shipping

• Seafood ORE Working Group

• An Garda Siochána

• County & City Managers Association

• Commission for Regulation of Utilities

• National Director for Fire & Emergency Management

Engagement with Government Departments:

• Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

• Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

• Department of Defence

• Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

• Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

• Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

• Department of the Taoiseach

• Houses of the Oireachtas Service

Engagement with Irish ports (including public and privately-owned ports and Fishery Harbour Centres):

• Port of Cork Company

• Port of Waterford Company

• Shannon Foynes Port Company

• Dublin Port Company

• Rosslare Europort (Iarnród Éireann)

• Moneypoint (ESB)

• Port of Galway

• Drogheda Port Company

• Arklow Port

• Killybegs

• Cork Dockyard

• Greenore Port

• Leahill Port

Engagement with Northern Irish authorities and ports:

• Belfast Harbour Commission

• Northern Irish Executive

• Department for Infrastructure

• Department for Economy

• Belfast City Council

Engagement with Scottish authorities and ports:

• Port of Nigg

• Ardersier Port

• Sumitomo Electric

• Port of Aberdeen

• Forth Ports

• Peel Ports

• Kishorn Port

• Scottish Government

• Department for Transport

• Port of Cromarthy Firth

• Scottish Renewables

• Offshore Wind Scotland

Engagement with English authorities and ports:

• Port of Able Seaton

• Grimsby Port

• Port of Hull

• The ORE Catapult

• Department for Infrastructure

Engagement with Welsh authorities and ports:

• Associated British Ports (Port Talbot)

• Port of Mostyn

Engagement with German authorities and ports:

• Cuxhaven Port

• Ministry of Lower Saxony

• The German Government

Engagement with French authorities and ports:

• France Énergies Marines

• BrestPort

• Région Bretagne

• Brittany Development and Innovation

• Saint Nazaire Port

• Banque des Territoires.

• Port La-Nouvelle

Engagement with Italian ports:

• Palermo Port

Engagement with Spanish ports:

• Port of Bilbao

• The Port of Ferrol

Engagement with Danish authorities and ports:

• Port of Esbjerg

• Port of Copenhagen

• Danish Government

• Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority

Engagement with Dutch ports:

• Port of Eemshaven

Engagement with Energy Developers and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs):

• Flotation Energy

• ESB

• Statkraft

• RWE

• SSE

• Ocean Winds

• Corio Generation

• Siemens Energy

• Bord na Móna

• Orsted

• Vestas

• General Electric (GE)

General Industry Engagement:

• Irish Maritime Development Office

• Gavin Doherty Geosolutions

• Price Waterhouse Cooper

• KPMG

• Ernst and Young

Engagement with Financial Stakeholders:

• Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

• Strategic Banking Corporation Ireland

• NewERA

• Allied Irish Banks

• European Investment Bank

• European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

• European Commission - Directorate General for Mobility and Transport