Results 121-140 of 1,224,606 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Martin Browne OR speaker:Matt Shanahan OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Michael Healy-Rae OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Brendan Howlin OR speaker:Seán Fleming OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:Catherine Martin OR speaker:Steven Matthews OR speaker:Joe McHugh OR speaker:Patricia Ryan OR speaker:Réada Cronin OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Martin Kenny OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Pearse Doherty OR speaker:Richard O'Donoghue OR speaker:Michael Creed OR speaker:Marian Harkin OR speaker:Ivana Bacik OR speaker:Ossian Smyth OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Dessie Ellis OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Jim O'Callaghan OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Brian Leddin OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Thomas Pringle OR speaker:Heather Humphreys OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: In order to meet our climate change targets, we need to increase our energy usage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I am sorry to interrupt, but I just want to follow up on something. How many jobs are in data centres in Ireland? I do not mean in the building of data centres, but in their operation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Minister-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: How many jobs are in data centres in this country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: I will go one more time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Minister, may I ask the question one more time? I would like an answer. The Minister is talking-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Yes, but-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: Deputy Murphy is out of time. We do not have as much time today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: It is a joke that the Minister comes in here and says we need more data centres in order to transition and because of all the jobs, but when he is asked about how many jobs-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I will bring Deputy Murphy back in if there is time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Yes, but that is not what I asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I am going to move on-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: -----because I want to be fair to colleagues who are waiting and have indicated. I will bring Deputy Murphy back in again if there is time at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Richard Bruton: Data centres are at the heart of the ICT sector. That is the reality. Without them, we cannot develop a sector in which we have created a considerable competitive advantage. We have short-term problems of capacity constraints in meeting their demand. As the Minister said, though, we have a substantial opportunity in the long term to develop the offshore sector. We need domestic users of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I remind the Deputy about the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Richard Bruton: There are huge opportunities for us to rethink the way we design these sectors to reduce their impact both on climate and the wider environment. My specific question is: will the Minister consider introducing sectoral strategies around the circular economy in the key sectors within his remit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I remind Senator Higgins of the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I want to give the Minister time to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: There were one or two other questions there that I will give the Minister a moment to answer.