Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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Great, thank you. Looking at the limited timeslot, I want to move on to something else.

Many questions have been raised about data storage companies coming into Ireland and the amount of energy they use, etc. My personal view is that unless they can produce a comparative amount of renewable energy, they should not be allowed into the country. In that context and in light of the EU's general block exemption regulation, is there scope in the future to give grant aid to AI data-heavy and power-heavy companies to set up renewable energy with battery storage or would this be totally left up to the companies coming in?