27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources noting the lack of progress during 2014 reported by Westwave to the Marine Renewable Energy Industry conference in which he participated, his views that the Westwave strategy of dependence on multinational and Irish private developers with claimed technical readiness level of 7 to 9 to deploy devices at the site off the County Clare coast has not worked; and if he will now review the potential of Irish wave energy developers who have received Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant funding, have demonstrated proof of concept, are at TRL level 2 to 3 and consider whether the Government should buy the useful IP of these devices and direct the ESB to develop the most promising TRL level suitable for deployment at Westwave site. [10230/15]

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27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources noting the lack of progress during 2014 reported by Westwave to the Marine Renewable Energy Industry conference in which he participated, his views that the Westwave strategy of dependence on multinational and Irish private developers with claimed technical readiness level of 7 to 9 to deploy devices at the site off the County Clare coast has not worked; and if he will now review the potential of Irish wave energy developers who have received Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant funding, have demonstrated proof of concept, are at TRL level 2 to 3 and consider whether the Government should buy the useful IP of these devices and direct the ESB to develop the most promising TRL level suitable for deployment at Westwave site. [10230/15]

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1. 12 March 2015

   Renewable Energy Generation

   27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources noting the lack of progress during 2014 reported by Westwave to the Marine Renewable Energy Industry conference in which he participated, his views that the Westwave strategy of dependence on multinational and Irish private developers with claimed technical readiness level of 7 to 9 to deploy devices at the site off the County Clare coast has not worked; and if he will now review the potential of Irish wave energy developers who have received Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant funding, have demonstrated proof of concept, are at TRL level 2 to 3 and consider whether the Government should buy the useful IP of these devices and direct the ESB to develop the most promising TRL level suitable for deployment at Westwave site. [10230/15]

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