As a way of protecting against that, my amendment No. 2 seeks to ensure the additional moneys borrowed by the board of the ESB and its subsidiaries are not to be used for the construction of, or investment in, energy infrastructure that relates to data centres. The moneys borrowed by the ESB should not be contributing to or supporting electricity connections solely designed to facilitate data centres.
Therefore, I would like to know, as we authorise the borrowing of money by the State and the ESB, whether that borrowing and the infrastructure facilitated by that additional borrowing will be used up by data centres and large energy users rather than facilitating the upgrading, fast-tracking and delivery of housing and public infrastructure, which we need upgrades to.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly; Níl, Senators Victor Boyhan and Maria McCormack.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Carried | 30–16 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–29 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 6–34 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–29 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 12–28 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 12–25 |
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