Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

As one can infer from the Deputy's question, he knows that feedback to the grid is an expensive part of the process. He will also be aware of EirGrid's ambitious investment plans for its development programme. Notwithstanding recently published reports to the effect that, due to the dramatic step down in economic activity, we could afford to pull back on some of these plans, we are not minded to do so. It is possible to build out some of the plans at a lesser cost than was the case only a couple of years ago. I can give the Deputy support on that question.

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