Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

First, it is completely disingenuous for the Minister to suggest what he did. Many people are not familiar with what is happening with the regulator in the North and with the System Operator for Northern Ireland, SONI, and EirGrid. To suggest Sinn Féin is part of it is completely disingenuous and I ask the Minister to withdraw it. He knows it well in terms of the politics in the North. Similarly with regard to the North-South interconnector, it does not take a genius to work out this is a project that has been delayed and delayed because of the approach taken by successive Governments and EirGrid. In this term and previous terms I, my predecessors and my party colleagues have consistently spelled out exactly the way forward. Government after Government and EirGrid have maintained their position of intransigence. I for one know where we will end up on this and it does not involve delivering the North-South interconnector. I want to see the project delivered.

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