PQ 725
725. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on the finding of a report (details supplied) on data centres which said transparent reporting on energy and water is a potential solution to the problems the industry faces; his views on the fact that only one in six data centres located in Ireland fulfilled transparency obligations to report on energy and water usage in the European Commission's First Technical Report on Data Centre Sustainability; if he has engaged with the minister responsible for energy on the obligations to transpose the provisions of article 12(1) of the Energy Efficiency Directive to enhance transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43997/26]
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725. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on the finding of a report (details supplied) on data centres which said transparent reporting on energy and water is a potential solution to the problems the industry faces; his views on the fact that only one in six data centres located in Ireland fulfilled transparency obligations to report on energy and water usage in the European Commission's First Technical Report on Data Centre Sustainability; if he has engaged with the minister responsible for energy on the obligations to transpose the provisions of article 12(1) of the Energy Efficiency Directive to enhance transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43997/26]
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