I, too, want to talk about energy costs today. Ireland has the highest electricity prices in Europe. Families are feeling it every time a bill comes through the door.

Where is the Minister for energy? He has not met the four largest energy suppliers in Ireland in the past year. He met Electric Ireland, Bord Gáis, SSE Airtricity and Energia once in September 2025. That needs to be addressed. Energy costs are putting enormous pressure on households. The Minister should sit across the table from these companies and ask what is driving the prices and what can be done about them. Is it too much to expect that from a Minister for energy?

The other question I would put to him is: why are ordinary households are being asked to carry the cost of an energy system increasingly geared towards massive data centres? Data centres used up 22% of Ireland's metered electricity in 2024. That is more electricity than every urban household in the country combined. Unlike normal households, data centres get a cheaper commercial rate of electricity. If a family keeps a shower going for five minutes, they have to pay for it, but the more energy gobbled up by the data centres the better rate they get. The Government is essentially saying to households, "Here is your electricity bill and here is the bill for the Silicone Valley business down the road". People want the Government to prioritise families, and I want the Government to prioritise families and households and not billion euro corporations. I ask the Minister to come to the House for statements on energy and to outline his plans to meet the energy companies.

I would like to support Senators Cosgrove and Keogan. I watched the reports of young people leaving the country. It is extremely sad. My kids are in Canada. It like what happened after the 2008 when there was a wave of sadness. I hope we can put in place something to keep young people in their own country. Other countries like Canada and Australia value their worth. We should value their worth more.