Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My understanding of the operation of the PSO levy is that it is there to subsidise renewable energy and energy produced from peat. Given that the price of producing energy is now so high, it is no longer necessary. That is why it will be got rid of or become a negative levy towards the end of the year. I do not know how the timing of that works. I would have to talk to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about that.

With regard to the data centre report, the Deputy is absolutely correct. I stand corrected on that. We are reviewing the role of data centres in enterprise policy. That review will be complete by the end of this quarter. We have engaged with EirGrid, the ESB, the CRU and the data centre sector as well as the Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland. A working group met on this issue on 21 March. The group produced a draft template guide for the revised policy and set out a work programme under which the group will draft the final revised policy statement.

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