Ms Ellvena Graham:

I will look into what is happening in terms of the Shannon scheme. The Deputy asked if it might be cheaper in the future to import electricity from the UK. He also mentioned that the UK are building five new nuclear plants. I was not aware of that. Nuclear energy is cheaper. In terms of the interconnectors, we could currently be importing nuclear energy through our interconnector because we sometimes import electricity through that interconnector from Britain. There is no doubt but that nuclear power will always be cheaper than that which we are currently generating. It is against the law to build nuclear plants here, so I do not think it is likely we will be doing that.