Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am as wise as before I asked the question and I think the people who are listening are as wise as they were before I asked the question. I see companies buying and leasing land, and paying a good deal of money for it, obviously in the knowledge that whatever about changes to planning guidelines or permissions, those companies are going to make money from generating electricity that will be exported to Britain. There is a fundamental aspect here. The Minister said this work is separate from EirGrid and that people seem to be confused and that, sometimes, it may be deliberate. Is it not true that the transmission lines for the export of energy to Britain are not capable of being connected to the Irish grid and that they will never be used to supply electricity to Irish people, even as a standby?

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