175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will increase taxation on data centres in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68600/26]
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81. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in light of his recent statement that no household has not been connected to the network due to a data centre (details supplied), if he is also satisfied that no households have been delayed in connecting to the electricity network because of data centres. [53105/26]
66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to designating any data centres as critical infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51478/26]
41. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the use of Ireland as a cautionary tale of data centre growth in a recent UN report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44546/26]
467. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide detailed evidence of his statement that “data centres already employ around 21,000 people who manage and operate the facilities”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4291/26]
103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action he will take to reduce energy demand and carbon emissions from data centres in view of our legal obligations to reduce both energy usage and carbon emissions; his views on whether the new CRU policy is compatible with those obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73592/25]
134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he supports enabling data centres to build their own fossil fuel power plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72887/25]
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the role of data centres and capacity payments in pushing up the cost of energy for households and privatising the energy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17930/25]