Mr. Gabriel D'Arcy:

I would be happy to clarify the requirement for the converter stations. Deputy Mulherin is correct in that where there is a change from AC to DC power lines, a converter station is required. It would consist of underground cables coming in with AC and going back out with DC. Effectively, it consists of a large steel-clad building with some transformers outside it and some cooling fans inside. One would only see one of these if one were to have a look at the one in Woodland. It exists already for the east-west interconnector. That is what one would look like.