Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the annual usage of water by data centres in Ireland; if this is something that is recorded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61992/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1 January 2014, Uisce Éireann has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operations at national, regional and local levels, under section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. Water usage management and conservation across commercial and industrial (non-domestic) sectors, including data centres, is an operational matter under the remit of Uisce Éireann. Accordingly, I have no function in relation to this matter.

Uisce Éireann has a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives that can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone 0818 578 578.

Barry Ward (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the number of data centres that are equipped with solar panels to support part of their energy consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61993/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I, as the Minister, have no function in this matter and this data is not held by my Department. The connection of projects, including solar projects, are matters for ESB Networks and EirGrid. As such the Deputy may wish to engage with these organisations directly. Both entities have dedicated email addresses for such queries, oireachtas@esb.ie and oireachtas@eirgrid.ie.