Joe Lynam

And it's going to get a lot windier this weekend.

That's where I came in.

And is that what the Irish government is going to pay energy providers?

Okay.

Now, what's it like being an entrepreneur in Ireland these days?

Is it seat of the pants stuff and is it risk all type environment?

OK, so the Irish state could, in fact, get some very cheap energy because I was looking at the chart yesterday, which suggested that Irish manufacturing or kind of mass use of energy is paying the second highest in Europe.

Because I'm an entrepreneur.

Neither could George W. Bush, so don't worry about that.

Only the Brits are paying more than we are.

Now, I believe you're building a pipeline to connect onshore with offshore wind turbines.

Yeah, so the problem with offshore wind is, especially in the Atlantic side of things, is the technology's not there yet to have floating turbines.

Yeah, the reason I ask these questions is because I have the EU Commissioner for Financial Services on the show tomorrow morning.

And have you noticed any improvement in delivery times for these turbines since the Planning and Development Act came into force last year?

I'd love to meet him.

And she is introducing the Saving and Investments Union, which hopes to prize open Irish wallets, not just Irish wallets, Dutch, French, German, Estonian wallets, and get people investing in people like you.

Because at the moment, we're sitting on hundreds of billions of euros in cash, earning no interest or next to no interest.

It's just sitting there.

just sitting there earning nothing.

And what she wants to do is prize it open so that people take a bit of a chance on guys like you, on entrepreneurs like you.