Mr. Fintan Slye:

At heart, the basic difference is a doubling of the capacity, so it involves twice the power transfer capability. What is in the draft strategy report the Deputy referred to for the Grid Link project is an estimate of the cost of a 700 MW HVDC solution between Munster and Leinster. In the case of the North-South connector, what is required and needed is power transfer capacity of 1,500 MW. Therefore, a like-for-like comparison cannot be made.