Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The cost of the overhead line is €140 million. Of what is the balance made up?

The witnesses' estimate was that there would be a 5% additional cost to consumers if the interconnector were undergrounded, and that there are technical limitations. Could those technical limitations and additional cost factors be addressed by a one-site two-converter station based some place on the Border? Is that technically possible, or are they the right people to answer those questions?

Chairman, if the meeting is not over by 1.45 p.m., I will have to go, because I have questions with the Minister at 2 p.m.