Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. EirGrid's Grid25 project is exercising minds in a raft of the countryside where it is proposed to go ahead. Is the North-South interconnector covered under the jurisdiction of Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness? Will it be part of her considerations? There are conflicting reports from various political parties and I would like it clarified. For completeness, we called for an independent international review prior to Christmas.

Many of the people who have contacted me and the groups that I have spoken to have expressed health issues as their main concern. If there is to be any completeness or confidence in the debate the health issues must be to the fore. I would like the Minister to clarify the current position on the North-South transmission line.

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