Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, I will wrap up the debate. I thank my party colleagues for agreeing to support the motion. I also thank colleagues from other parties who supported the motion. When this debate concludes the will of the Dáil will become exceedingly clear. Should the motion be passed, the Government will have no option but to implement its terms and accept what the representatives of the people in Dáil Éireann have said by commissioning an expert industry analysis to examine the technical feasibility and cost of undergrounding the North-South interconnector.

The project was conceived more than ten years ago when the technology available now was not available. The Ministers of State, Deputies McEntee, English and Regina Doherty, have spoken at public meetings throughout County Meath about technological developments in this area. The technology has changed.

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