Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

Denmark is a good example, but only one of many, where these lines are placed underground. This is obviously technically possible and financially feasible.

The closing date for submissions to EirGrid on this proposal is 26 November. I call on the Government to defer this closing date for submissions and to suspend this project pending the outcome of a comprehensive feasibility study, carried out independently of Eirgrid-----

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