Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to a matter under the heading of British-Irish relations which the Taoiseach mentioned specifically when he was with us last May and I would like to know if there will be developments on it in 2014. He said significant achievements last year included the launch of a new east-west interconnector and the signing of a memorandum of understanding on the trading of renewable electricity. I understand a memorandum of understanding has been signed to facilitate industrial wind farm development in certain regions in the country, including the midlands, with a view to exporting that electricity by way of a new interconnector. I think the memorandum of understanding was signed by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, and his counterpart in the British Government. Has that memorandum been finalised? What will be the progress on that for this year? I refer to it because the Minister referred to it in the context of achievements by his Department last year.