Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion
Ms Aoife MacEvilly:
On the legislation or general policy in this area, and this was also alluded to in the opening statement, we are focusing on connection policy because that is in our bailiwick. However, some of this - the CCAC has also recommended this - might be better dealt with at the planning stage by planning authorities so that there is clarity for developers on what the requirements are from the earliest possible stage, rather than finding out later on at the energy connection stage that they need to do things differently. We probably need to take a holistic view across a range of State bodies in this space.
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