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

That is a separate issue. That is an agreement I found universally accepted with the industry that wants to build these data centres as well as it being my own view.

Second, with regard to the mandate and the land use review, we are looking at the role of public lands across all objectives and it is multicriteria, such as restoration of nature as well as improving water quality and, more than anything else, rural development. It will be up to the Government to take the analysis presented by the land use review to decide on the mandates of Coillte or Bord na Móna as appropriate. That is a government function, informed by the analysis presented by the land use review, which is expected in the coming months.

Last, regarding emissions from military flights, the Department of Defence regulates the overflight of military vehicles. The Department of Transport has responsibility for civil aviation flights. We do not have the means to monitor or have restrictions on the basis of emissions on overflights. We have the basis if there is any understanding or concern that the overflights may be carrying munitions that would be in breach of our approach and rights under the Chicago convention. There is a wider issue across all of the aviation sector in terms of how is will live, including military, and military is a significant component of fossil fuel use in the world. I share the Senator's concern at how we will reduce that but it is not something we can directly monitor or restrict under the Chicago convention or any of the other provisions we have.