Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid
12:10 pm
Mr. Fintan Slye:
Absolutely. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan had several questions, including one as to whether power lines will be sited at a minimum distance from houses. We do not locate those lines within 50 m of residences. In the case of the North-South interconnector, for example, the planning application for which we are finalising, there is provision whereby no towers will be located less than 50 m from dwellings.
Deputy Flanagan also asked whether it was appropriate to use an overhead corridor for the assessment of an underground route. I hope I understood the question correctly.