Mr. Declan Hughes:

In any business, there will be a set of servers somewhere that provides computers and so on. That also applies to the Houses of the Oireachtas. Data centres are an essential part of the digital smart economy. The key point as regards data centres is to ensure they stick to their own objectives of using and investing in renewable energy and are optimised in terms of the use of that energy. Ireland is not a bad location for data centres because we have a good, moderate climate which facilitates minimal use of air conditioning.