Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Chairman might allow me to elaborate slightly. They have said that an underground alternative is possible; it is just not the best one. As far as I am aware, what is being proposed now for Grid Link will not add any extra capacity to the grid and it may have to be re-examined in a number of years' time. Why is that not possible for the North-South interconnector, when EirGrid may have new technology after a certain amount of time? I apologise as I am not technologically savvy, but where there may be changes in the future, can we not go with something that is suitable for now but that could possibly be upgraded in the future?