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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Data Centres (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State. There is no official record of the number of data centres in Ireland. We are reliant on consulting companies, such as Bitpower, which reported in June 2023 that there are 82 data centres operating in Ireland - this is an increase of seven in one year - and that 77 of them are in the Dublin region. Bitpower estimates that 14 centres are under construction with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Data Centres (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I realise we need data centres, but do we need the number that we are allowing to take place? Where is that reflected in Government policy? The thumbs-up approach in 2018 was disgraceful. The slight changes made since then are welcome. We are going to have 30% of our electricity going to data centres. There is a 65-acre site owned by the company in question, Amazon. Ireland uses some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Data Centres (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what engagement he or his Department have had with a company (details supplied) with regard to plans for the building of three new data centres in Dublin; if he or his Department has raised energy security concerns in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41745/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Data Centres (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I have a very specific question. What engagement, if any, has the Minister of State's Department had with the company which intends to build three more data centres in Dublin? Equally importantly, what issues, if any, have been raised by his Department on energy security concerns given the plans for the three data centres, and the cumulative effect of these centres and all of the other centres?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome that it has gone into the non-competitive section and that the Department is working on this. My difficulty is that I have no analysis before me as to what happened in RESS 1 and 2, where community groups were involved. Is there documentation, data or an analysis of what did and did not work which led the Department to what theoretically would be a very welcome change in terms of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: I want an analysis of what happened, not what the SEAI is now doing.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: Dear God.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: We declared a climate emergency and a biodiversity emergency in 2019. While I welcome the Minister of State’s positive comments, I have no idea as to how the Government is making decisions. In RESS 1, seven community projects were successful but only four remain. I have no details in that regard. I understand that three pulled out and four are in progress. In RESS 2, eight...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the work under way by his Department to support community-led renewable energy generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41917/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: To follow up on the Minister of State’s comments about community energy and how the Government will put an emphasis on that, my question relates specifically to that matter. Will the Minister of State outline the work that is under way by his Department to support community-led renewable energy generation?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received the report on the consultative forum on international security policy; the expected timeline for the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any engagement he has had with his US counterpart with regard to the provision by the US of cluster bombs to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the establishment of the Just Transition Commission, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2023 Annex of Actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41744/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 3 May 2023, the status of the development of the updated long-term strategy on greenhouse gas emissions reductions; the timeline for publication of the updated strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 15 June 2023, the status of the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland's electricity and natural gas systems for the period to 2030; the timeline for the publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of the terms and conditions for the small-scale renewable electricity support scheme; the timeline for the publication of the terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41742/23]