Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for not being in attendance for the presentation. Mr. Slye has confirmed that the interconnector to Wales is a 500 MW cable and obviously there are no pylons on that route. What is its length in kilometres or miles? What is the length of the interconnector to France? Is it a 500 MW cable? Is it correct that the interconnector to Northern Ireland is a 400 MW line? It is not. I am trying to compare the North-South interconnector with the east-west interconnector and with the interconnector to France. It all depends on the distance and the length of the cable to Wales. I suggest that the North-South interconnector should be a maximum length of 400 kV underground cable and overhead where it is less conspicuous and then back underground. I presume that the interconnector between Ireland and Wales would be 60 or 70 miles, from Rush beach to Wales. Could the North-South interconnector combine both overhead and underground lines for a similar distance?