Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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First, a large number of data centres are already contracted and the Government does not reverse contracts. Those which already have planning permission, grid connection, or are already proceeding, will do so under the conditions that were set, but I am looking forward to how additional new data centres should operate. Just like in every sector, there is not an out on climate: they have to live within the industrial climate limits that we have. I believe that the industry understands and accepts that. The alternative will not be easy. We will have to be at the cutting edge of learning how to do it but I believe we can: with the renewable power we have, with flexible use of the grid, with demand management, and with the use of waste heat and district heating, as well as the likes of biomethane as a backup fuel.