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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: I would say it is a few hundred people. Does Mr. Shanahan agree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: I would argue that far from us being very lucky to have all these data centres investing here that Ireland and IDA Ireland, which is a part of this and it is nothing personal, are dupes of the big tech companies. The talk of Ireland being a big data superpower is about buttering us up. Ireland is simply a dumping ground for data. It brings very few positives in terms of long-term jobs,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: Attracting more data centres to Ireland still appears to be a key part of the IDA Ireland strategy from 2021 to 2024. There are many references in the strategy to cloud computing, artificial intelligence, AI, and big data. Are data centres still a key part of IDA Ireland's strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: When the witnesses referred in the opening statement to targeting 60 sustainability investments, were they including data centres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: There are to be no more data centres in Dublin and the east of the country but potentially a bunch more in the rest of the country, regardless of the additional burden owing to the additional electricity demand. The problem is that while the figure of 11% was correct, it is up to 17% at this stage. It keeps rising because we keep adding more data centres to the grid. That is a problem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: Much of what happens in data centres is not necessary. Much of what happens in data centres involves running significant numbers of algorithms to target Mr. Shanahan and me with advertising. We do not know what is happening because it is in a big black box. I thank Mr. Shanahan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Shanahan for his presentation. I want to explore the issue of data centres and what can be described as the leading role of the IDA Ireland in attracting data centres to Ireland. There is a number of items on the IDA Ireland website about data centres, including one which features a quote from Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, quite prominently, where he talks about the...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: What about Kazakhstan?

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: At the start of January, there was a mass movement in Kazakhstan, an uprising triggered by an increase in fuel prices. The move started with a strike of oil workers in Zhanaozen and became widespread general strikes and protests across much of the country. It was put down with incredible brutality by an incredibly brutal dictatorship. The military and police were given orders to shoot...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: I also want to ask about the ongoing protests against the planned closure of the Regina Coeli hostel for women in Belfast. This hostel is the only one of its sort in the North, providing for women who have suffered from homelessness, drug addiction or domestic violence. Now they have been told by the Legion of Mary that it is to close. The workers have refused to accept it. They have...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: He has been liking tweets to say he is sorry.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent meeting of the European Council. [3613/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first year of the shared island initiative. [3612/22]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: It is very positive that the Omicron wave was less destructive than had been feared. The question for now is how not to waste the breathing space we have been afforded. We should use that space to make our society more Covid-resilient and pandemic-resilient rather than just forgetting about it all. The question for the Government is whether it is going to ensure that workers have the right...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national risk assessment published by his Department. [3611/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: Exactly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2022)

Paul Murphy: If there are any students watching, they will have got that the Taoiseach accepts the need for the clarity, but they will not have got any further clarity from him about what decision will be made or when it will be made. I stress that they need such clarity, and they need it as soon as possible. I do not accept that the idea there should be open access to third level education is...