Under the GDPR, nobody would be allowed sell it.

I am all about the hedgerows and trees, which I am always planting, but in some instances there is a need to do some trimming or lopping. Sometimes trees cause a hazard. My issue is that in many instances the first option is to cut them down. That is a huge part of the problem. Senator Ruane may agree with me when I suggest that cutting trees down should be the last resort. Trimming and lopping can be done by good tree surgeons. This might be a potential amendment to appease the Senator and me; we will now have bio…

I welcome Senator Cummins's comments. I have personal experience of not just disabled parking but parking in general where local authorities have allowed people to go in and cut down 200- or 300-year-old trees to create a car park. In one instance, they did not really need to cut down the tree. It could have been left at the side because cutting it down did not provide any more car parking spaces anyway. There seems to be this idea of gutting and clear felling. It is no longer acceptable to think that we can cut th…

I want to come back in on something that Senator Ruane mentioned. I meant to raise it when we were discussing hedgerows and trees. With regard to An Bord Pleanála, for the record I want to make sure that it is very clear that we should only be acquiring land in instances where it is needed for BusConnects or active travel. We must ensure that it is not going to increase carbon emissions. Otherwise, we are going against the climate action plan. I want that to be on the record of the House. I will seek to bring an am…

Is Part 15 relating to zero and low emissions vehicles and the functions of the Minister part of the Bill? Is it under section 56?

Can I speak to the section before we finish the Bill?

I welcome the great work of zero emission vehicles Ireland, ZEVI, and the importance of working towards anything other than fossil fuels. It is important that the research from ZEVI is not just about e-cars. I may consider tabling an amendment on Report Stage. We should also research car-sharing of e-cars, not just sales. GoCar is working very well. I hope research expands into that area, and the fact that there is a big difference between a small Renault Zoe in terms of weight, cost, pollution and space, compared …

Tá sé go deas an tAire a fheiceáil ag caint faoi rudaí tábhachtacha agus dóchasacha ó thaobh fuinnimh de. I thank the Minister for coming in today. When people talk about clean green energy, it always gives me hope. For too long, we have been addicted to fossil fuels. To see the scope of the vision the Minister has about energy and how we can become net exporters of green energy has excited me for many years. One reason I joined the Green Party was the vision we have had for over 30 years of how we can move away fr…

It is ironic that she talks about data centres being really bad-----

It is vital----

We need our smartphones and it is thanks to data centres that we have them. I am suggesting that data centres geographically-----

I have no problem with her being on her phone.

No, I am not.

The Senator is completely misinterpreting what I am saying.

That is what I am looking for. It would be great.

The Senator is giving out about data centres.

I never row.

Can we just move on?

No problem.

The point I was making is-----