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:

We can come back to it. I am just not aware of it at present. Senator Byrne asked about political interaction and political interference, to use his words, in terms of the decision on Grid Link. To be categoric about it, there was none and that was not a contributory factor in any way, shape or form, with the identification of the option, first, and its publication in March, the subsequent consultation on that and the decision after the preparation of the report for the independent expert panel to proceed with the regional option. There was no political interference in any way with that.