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government in 1994 has now ballooned into a record four. How many will it ultimately end up being if the Government is not stopped in the courts? Their role in the secret deals between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the groups of Independent TDs is revealed … clearly in breach of that. I do not know whether it was conscious or unconscious, but former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, gave away the game about this when he wrote in The Sunday Times three weeks ago that the super junior Ministries were used "to get around the 'rule

whataboutery. The Labour Party spoke earlier about having a moratorium on data centres. That is a Trumpian policy. It is essentially saying to stop funding something altogether because we have a concern about it and that we will worry about all the problems when we have decided what … also in contributing to the investment that we need to see in the renewable energy sector. This is not a zero-sum game. The debate has complexity. We have to be honest about that and reflect that. As Mario Draghi's recent report highlighted, Europe is falling behind

restoration dates has added to their sense of frustration. Public representatives in some parts of the country have called on the ESB to stop giving restoration dates that it cannot meet. When they work it is very useful information, but when people have been given a restoration date … face of climate change. The frequency of storms will increase, so it is time for the Government to seriously up its game