Ann Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My point is that the project is being sold to the communities as a vehicle for economic recovery and that it will create jobs. I am using the sugar beet industry as a specific example in my community that if we support the project, we may be able to deliver jobs. The community needs to know how this can be achieved by the project. There is no point in Mr. Slye or me going to the community and asking about specific requirements. If EirGrid wants to have the goodwill of the community behind a project such as this, people have to see the benefits. If they do not see them, why would they want the project in the first place? That is my argument.