Mr. Fintan Slye:

We have assessed it comprehensively and we have gone back to that on several occasions to ensure that the option we are bringing forward is the appropriate one, in part because we recognise that it is a difficult and controversial project and we want to ensure that we are doing right for the people of Ireland. Just to be clear, we have no interest in building pylons or in any particular type of solution. They do not even sit on our asset base. This is the result of our efforts to work out what is the best option in the policy and regulatory framework within which we operate. We have at each stage gone back to ensure that the proposal we are bringing forward is the appropriate one. We believe it is, and we have brought it into the planning process, which is the statutory consenting process with An Bord Pleanála. We have set out, as is required, all the alternatives within that. It includes the reports by the international expert commission and others. All of that is in there. It is the appropriate body to progress that application and provide a view on the application that we have submitted.