Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Earlier I spoke of those key performance indicators that will be set out in the annexe of actions. They are framed and shaped on what is the actual emissions abatement potential. That is to answer that first question. That is how this whole structure is done. It is about how many tonnes of carbon can be reduced.

With regard to the data centres, on entering Government we realised there was a problem here and we started the process of closing the door. We wrote to the gas company to say that we had to stop new gas connections. The plan copper-fastens that in recognising that across so many different areas, we have to stop installing any new fossil fuel infrastructure because of the target we need. When I referred to the growing economy, I do not see that as an excuse. I just mentioned it is a reality that we must recognise. It is a quantum reduction not aper capitareduction that we have to do.