Malcolm Noonan (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I listened to the Minister of State with responsibility for overseas development, Deputy Neale Richmond, at the National Ploughing Championships yesterday. He said that we are at an existential crisis point when it comes to international development solidarity between the global north and global south. This is a climate justice issue above all else because of the disproportionate price the global south will have to pay for our inaction. It is becoming clear, particularly on the basis of the reports I have read, that we cannot accept these budgets.

I have a couple of questions. One of them is for Professor Daly. It relates to data centres and the EirGrid report on them. It is becoming quite clear that we have to put some sort of cap on the expansion of data centres in Ireland. We are just running to stand still. I would welcome the Professor's thoughts on the point at which we will have to call a halt to the further expansion of data centres here.