Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There has been considerable debate on data centres. The point I was making is it is really good to have data centres located where we have a high source of energy such as offshore wind energy.

The wind last year saved Ireland's electricity system a gas bill of €2 billion. That is instantly replacing gas with wind, which is a positive. We need to be optimistic and give people hope. It is easy to be negative. Every unit of wind energy on our system brings down the price of electricity for homes and businesses. We have a commitment, as a party and as a Government, that we want to have 30% of all our energy to be community owned which is also important. There are many positives happening here. We will struggle because of planning issues and we need to expedite things as much as possible. We need to get marine protected areas right first, but this is positive. I thank the Minister for giving his time to come to the House.