Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)

Okay, great. The other thing I raised my eyebrows at in the opening statement was that the only mention of the environment referred to the global environment for business. Does the Minister of State consider it an important part of her job to weigh up the intense damage that could be done to our environment, in particular as a result of the massive use of electricity and water?

Is the Minister concerned and does she believe we will double the amount of energy used by data centres as a result of using AI? That is generally spoken about. Does the Minister think this puts our efforts to meet our climate targets, which are the bare minimum of what we should be doing, in even further jeopardy? Does she think this full embracing of AI is compatible with having a planet for us all to live in and for our kids to live in?