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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: I am glad that the Deputy agrees with his colleague, Conor Murphy MLA, that there are great benefits to this project. I absolutely agree that there has to be good engagement with landowners. EirGrid manages the national electricity grid. It recently issued letters to about 400 landowners on the route of the planned North-South interconnector. The letters outline the infrastructure...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: That is precisely what is going to lead to conflict and delay. What I find staggering about the Green Party Ministers, supported by all accounts by their Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael counterparts, is that they seem completely oblivious to the realities on the ground. If EirGrid pursues its current trajectory the only thing to be delivered will be court cases, delays, frustration and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: ...exactly the response. The Minister has a responsibility to find out exactly where that project is. Deputy Carthy is absolutely right. If as the Minister of State says, EirGrid, ESB Networks and the CRU are considering their next steps, that is a direct collision course with communities and will further delay this project.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: In Deputy O'Rourke's previous question about curtailment, he clearly showed an understanding of what the problems are when we have too much electricity in one part of the island and not enough in another and we cannot share it from one to the other. I am sure he understands what the benefits of the project are. Like any infrastructure project, whether building a road or a greenway, there is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has had, and-or the briefings he has received, in respect of the North-South Interconnector. [21467/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I ask the Minister of State to outline the meetings and briefings he and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, have had in respect of the North-South Interconnector.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: The North-South Interconnector is an essential infrastructure project that will link the electricity transmission networks of Ireland and Northern Ireland, leading to a more secure, affordable and sustainable supply of electricity across the island. As a transmission project, the North-South Interconnector is being undertaken by EirGrid, which is independent of the Minister, with EirGrid...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It asks about the meetings and briefings the Minister has had.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Yes and this is important. The Ceann Comhairle has ruled several questions on the North-South Interconnector out of order because the Department now claims that those questions do not fall under the remit of the Minister, despite the fact that similar questions have been previously answered by the Minister and his predecessors, and now-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Let us not get into the debate. Let us just talk about the issues. The issues clearly are the meetings the Minister has had and the briefings he has received.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: I just want clarification on this. The response indicated that there was one meeting and one briefing. Is the Minister of State saying that there were others or that was the only information he had? Were they the only briefings or meetings that were held by either the Minister of State or the Minister?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (14 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: Okay, but with due respect, the Minister has not been in office for decades. The Minister has been in office for four years. Either there were briefings and meetings that were too numerous to relay in a response to a parliamentary question, or there was a small number over that four-year period. If there was a small number, that information could be given to the House. The one thing I...