Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Obviously our intent is to completely discourage the further construction of data centres. If I understand the Minister correctly, they do not benefit specifically because they are data centres, but as data centres they can benefit in terms of the equipment that they purchase as part of their establishment. That is pretty much what I think the Minister is saying and he does not know the extent to which they are benefiting from this relief. We want to try to prevent the further construction of data centres and do everything we can to discourage that due to the impact on climate and the energy grid. That is the reason we are doing it. I suspect the Minister does not agree with our objective.