3. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason a recent report (details supplied) published by his Department on the economic impact of data centres in Ireland did not address the net impact on the economy of increased costs of energy caused by data centres, the opportunity cost of supporting data centres instead of other infrastructure or sustainability targets on wat…
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233. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will conduct a cost benefit analysis of the value to the economy of operational roles related to data centres (estimated by his Department as 7,636 additional operational jobs from 2010 to 2024) against the increased energy costs associated with the operation of data centres. [67220/26]
200. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that a cost-benefit analysis was not included in a report (details supplied) commissioned by his Department; if he has considered a cost-benefit analysis to generate a net present value for data centres in Ireland to be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45476/26]
20. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to a recent United Nations University report which references Ireland as a cautionary example of local grid stress from concentrated digital infrastructure due to the proliferation of data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44343/26]
87. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the date on which data centres operating in the State will first be required to report on their carbon emissions pursuant to Article 12 of Directive (EU) 2023/1791 (the Energy Efficiency Directive) establishing the European database on data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19155/26]
88. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the reporting deadline of 15 May under the Energy Efficiency Directive applies notwithstanding the current status of transposition of the Directive into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/26]
89. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 18 December 2025, to set out whether the Q1 2026 deadline for the first reporting cycle of the energy efficiency directive is still expected to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19157/26]
90. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 18 December 2025, to set out whether, in the event that the directive is not fully transposed into domestic legislation by the relevant reporting deadline; if he expects that the reporting obligations for Irish data centre operators will be deferred by a further year; and if he will make…
106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount spent on the Shared Government Data Centre to date; the amount needed to complete the project; when the project is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4824/25]