Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is the reality of data centres and having everything online. It is not just one data centre that is being used, rather it is a mirror of the data in two separate sites. That is where we are going as a society in terms of IT and everything else, with all the subsequent climate impacts.

I am satisfied with the answers. I thank the witnesses and I hope that something like this will not happen again. It seems that Aer Lingus is putting in place measures to ensure that is the case. The next time Aer Lingus is before us, whenever that may be, I would be interested in getting some detail on what the further tertiary measures will be.