Mr. Fintan Slye:

-----to the extent that it does affect or could reduce the cost, we will absolutely take that into account. I will be happy to discuss the matter with the Deputy after the meeting and indicate why I do not believe it will have a huge material effect.

The final set of questions came from Deputy Colreavy. The Deputy expressed general concerns with regard to the consultation process. As stated earlier, the consultation on Grid Link is ongoing. We will need to reflect upon what emerges from that and there are certainly some themes coming through, both from what members are saying today and from communities. We will be obliged to reflect on all the feedback we receive. When the consultation process is complete, we will also need to consider the major themes that emerge and seek to address them quickly and expeditiously. We are committed to doing that.

Deputy Colreavy also referred to wind energy. This comes back to Deputy Ann Phelan's point. We obviously need to become better at explaining the position in this regard, particularly as questions continue to arise. None of the Grid25 projects, either the three under discussions and any of the others, is associated with the wind export projects being developed or progressed by a number of developers and that are envisaged to fall under an agreement between the Irish and British Governments. Those are the facts of the matter with regard to Grid25.