312. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the ethics framework for SPC sectoral members, given public concern about the data-centre zoning in the Naas Local Area Plan 2021–2027. [75222/26]
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313. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the checks that exist to ensure a person who served on an SPC while a development plan or local area plan was being prepared did not take part in deliberations on zoning that benefited a company they direct; and the sanctions that apply where a declaration was not made. [75221/26]
314. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether sectoral nominees to local authority Strategic Policy Committees must make declarations of interest under Part 15 of the Local Government Act 2001; and whether those declarations must cover directorships of companies that hold or are pursuing an interest in land being zoned in a local area plan the comm…
315. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether planning applicants for strategic-scale developments such as large data centres must disclose existing put and call options, or agreements for sale, under which the applicant company or the land will pass to another party once permission is granted; and whether he will consider making such disclosure ma…
316. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered statutory conditions, on planning permissions or grid and gas connections for data centres, that prohibit their use for military or intelligence purposes by any foreign state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75208/26]
636. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are cases where land that had been zoned as residential was used to provide land and infrastructure for a data centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61994/25]
1223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider advocating for a ban on data centre construction in areas of high housing need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/25]
960. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about the impact of water consumption by data centres on water supply; his views on the impact of this consumption on water supply during periods when Uisce Éireann is encouraging water conservation; and if he will publish, or request Uisce Éireann to publish, the volume of water consumption by data processing centres, by local aut…