Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 July 2022
44. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 19 May 2022, the status of the work to revise the Government statement on the role of data centres; when the revised statement will be published; the reason for the delay in publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41446/22]
View answerA review of the 'Government Statement on the role of Data Centres in Enterprise Strategy' is one of the actions for my Department under the Climate Action Plan 2021.
A working group was established to help draft the final document, which met in March and again in July. There has been ongoing and substantial engagement with many stakeholders including the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC), Department of An Taoiseach, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, EirGrid, ESB Networks, Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, as part of this work.
I intend to take a revised Statement to Government for approval very shortly which will be published thereafter on my Department's website.
