Ms Deborah Meghen:

I was not aware that there was sterilisation. I was at the National Ploughing Championships and there were various events adjacent to the existing 400 kV line that ran through the site. The main entrance was at the point at which the line crossed the site. The only work that had been done was in relation to the height of the equipment used for log chopping, as EirGrid needed to check for limits of close proximity to avoid electrocutions and to ensure that high equipment was a safe distance away from the line, as it would be from any power line, whether it be a 400 kV line, a low-voltage line or a 38 kV line.