Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes. It is urgent that we proceed. I was very pleased to launch the first major scheme in Tallaght where excess heat from a data centre is being used to power a lot of public buildings, and that will extend to social housing. I had a very fruitful meeting last week regarding another potential development in Blanchardstown in west Dublin where, again, we will take waste heat from data centres. This has very extensive potential for heating social housing, hospitals and local authority and other offices. There is major potential in this.

Probably the most important project we need to advance is in the constituency the Deputy and I represent. The huge volume of waste heat that is currently being dumped into the River Liffey needs to be redirected very quickly to heat offices and other buildings along the quays. Pipelines are already being introduced to allow this to happen. That could be extended to Pearse Street and other city centre areas where we could make the switch. It is frustrating that the project in question has taken as long as it has, but it needs to be operational as an example of how we can do this. Nothing on my side is delaying that.

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