Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Grid Link Project: EirGrid

9:30 am

Mr. Fintan Slye:

Absolutely. And when the 400 kV overhead solution is delivered it will run in parallel with the 275 kV and will be operated in parallel with it, but it is not technically possible to underground the full length of the North-South interconnector with 220 kV.