The Taoiseach only has one minute to answer.

I asked a specific question.

Good.

I apologise for interrupting the Taoiseach. I will let him run over the time for these questions by 15 minutes as the questions put by three or four Deputies have still to be answered. We will then move to the second group of questions but we will not reach the third group.

I thank the Deputy. His time is up.

I thank Sinn Féin. I will be supporting the motion. I, along with colleagues here, have fought consistently to raise matters relating to housing, health and climate change on the floor of the Dáil but we were laughed at. I am no climate denier and I am not here to demonise the Green Party. We have to make fundamental changes in the context of climate change but the absence of leadership and the divisive manner in which that is being tackled fills me with despair. I absolutely despair that it has become a divisive c…

We are over time.

That concludes the Topical Issue debate. Sin deireadh le gnó le Dála don lá inniu.

Let us get back on track here. Every side has gone over time. We are going back to the time limits, unfortunately.

Deputy Naughten will be introducing this question.

My question is specific and straight. I am asking for an update on the status of the work to review the Government statement on the role of data centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy.

I tabled a series a of questions and generally the Tánaiste has answered me. There was hope, a deadline and a recognition that we need a strategy. That seems to be gone with this reply. It seems to be gone to never-never land. I do not have time here to go through the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was mentioned yesterday in the Dáil. It is the final turning point. We are talking about a Government policy statement that did not consider climate and the effect of data centres on …

The Government is not proactively reviewing this policy. It is reviewing it now because of outrage over the lack of analysis in relation to the damage done by data centres. I fully accept that we need data centres and that they are part of the modern economy. What I do not accept is the thumbs up that was given in 2018, three years after we passed a climate action plan and one year before we declared a climate and biodiversity emergency. My difficulty is with the type of analysis that was done by Grant Thornton at …

We are in quarter 2.

Minister, you are way over time.

I thank the Minister.

The Minister should note that we are over time.

Deputy Ó Cathasaigh is to introduce the next question.

Táimid thar am agus caithfimid bogadh ar aghaidh ach cuirim fáilte roimh na mic léinn thuas staighre. Tá sé tráthúil go bhfuilimid i mbun cainte faoi athrú aeráide agus cúrsaí fuinnimh.

For the benefit of Members listening, we are moving very quickly through this debate. I know that some Members were very keen to speak on this matter. They will miss their opportunity to do so if they do not show up.