Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

ESB Networks: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Paul Mulvaney:

Going back to PR2, we replaced 14 km of cable and in PR3, we replaced another 19 km. Over recent years, we have replaced 44 km of the cable. From memory, at the moment we have 23 km or 24 km of work in progress in terms of replacing the cables. These are multi-year projects. It is a case of finding a route for the cable. The Deputy has just come in but we were discussing this earlier. We have to find a route around the city or under the city streets that avoids the other services, and there is a lot of congestion and so on. These projects typically take a number of years to plan. We certainly acknowledge that the CRU has made adequate funds available. This is not a funding issue.