Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I presume the cost of building any further interconnectors would be factored into any cost-benefit analysis. Obviously, one of the main deterrents against running HDVC lines underground is that which relates to the cost of building new interconnectors. If we are considering building interconnectors at either end of the Grid Link project and particularly if we allow for the fact that this will probably happen in any event, surely this would greatly diminish the cost of putting lines underground.