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

That basic point is fundamental to the issue of EirGrid. If we are capable of running an underground cable from the midlands to the point at which it goes under the sea for export, why can we not run cables underground for the internal supply? I refer to the North-South and east-west interconnectors, which are part of the Grid25 programme. If cables can be run underground for the purpose of exportation, it should be done internally also.

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