Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It would be two way, as it would have to be to make sense. A cost-benefit analysis would always consider the alternatives. Part of the assessment would have to be what alternatives there are and how they would serve the same objectives and the cost set against the potential benefits. The money that Eirgrid and RTE have through the CEF is to consider the prospects of an Ireland-France interconnector.