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

It is important that the Minister is across this as a project. With a united voice, those of us locally have said the project will not be delivered in the timeframe suggested or in the way EirGrid seems to have outlined. We have almost 20 years of evidence to that effect. From my end, and that of my colleagues, the frustration is that EirGrid does not seem to be listening. My concern is that the Minister is not engaging with EirGrid to advise it on this. The latest correspondence we are aware of concerns an extended period regarding letters of offer. I would like an update from the Minister on whether the CRU will allow special powers for ESB Networks.

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