Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I just wanted to give the Deputy our perspective on data centres. We think they are an important part of the twin transition of decarbonisation and green transition. They need to be sustainable. We do not have an open door policy towards data centres at all. As the Deputy knows, very few data centres got the connection they have been looking for in recent years. Some have gotten grid connection in the past number of weeks. However, it is not by any means at all straightforward to get permission to build a data centre in Ireland.