Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)

The Department recently said data centres had swamped the capacity of grid upgrade and resilience. Investment in the grid was mentioned earlier. Has the commission met EirGrid or the ESB to discuss the concerns about the extra capacity needed? The Secretary General of the Department of the environment said that difficult decisions would have to made about energy targets. In some countries like the Netherlands, they can prioritise for housing over the needs of data centres, whereas here it seems to be a first come, first served basis. Do the witnesses have a view on that?