Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will just put this question. The chief executive said the additional cost was three times the cost of putting the cable overground, which is approximately €2 billion. However, what I have not been able to get from EirGrid is the figures on when that €2 billion is amortised over the life of a project like this, probably 40 or 50 years, and how that will impact on the unit of electricity. The Minister has said that if people want the cable underground, it will cost more. Can we be provided with the figures on the scale of the increase and the cost of a unit of electricity if these power lines are to be put underground.

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