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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is like Cathy Barry's dog; he goes a bit of the road with everyone. I was not laughing, I was merely-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----pointing out that in respect of the Deputy's claim that he heard me three years ago-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----talk about a project-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----in the Minister of State, Deputy O'Dowd's area, I never opened my mouth on that one. We will have €100 on it if Deputy McGrath can prove to the contrary.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: As regards undergrounding, when the Deputy is not performing in the Dáil, in his private moments he will admit that we need energy supply for social and economic development. What is involved here is a €500 million investment to ensure that Munster has sufficient energy supply for economic and domestic needs into the future. EirGrid has learned from previous experience. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy knows well that unless we maintain the transmission system we will pay a heavy price for it. On the Deputy's point on undergrounding, he is not correct in saying that undergrounding is the norm in Europe. The traditional overhead is still the norm and, as we have established elsewhere, the cost of undergrounding is approximately three and half times the cost of-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: It is true. We have had three experts from Scandinavia and, with all due respect to the Deputy's renowned knowledge, those three are experts on projects across Europe and that is the figure that they came up with. The Deputy also accused me of claptrap in regard to something in his response, which I cannot remember it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy McGrath might remind me of what that was about.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Whatever about the tits on Mrs. Murphy's cow, to be honest that contribution by the Deputy was about as useful as tits on a bull.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The fact of the matter is that EirGrid has gone out of its way-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----to consult locally.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I regret that the Deputy should dismiss as claptrap and out of hand a €500 million investment programme designed to bring secure and safe energy to the south of Ireland-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----in the future. To dismiss it out of hand is entirely unreasonable. I was in the Deputy's constituency today and I missed him because he always gives a very warm welcome.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I can assure the Deputy that I never accused any Tipperary man of being caveman; I said the opposite.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I said there are no caveman in this country-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----and I did not mention Tipperary at all. I want to clear that I did not say that at any stage.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: No, the Deputy did not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is so busy talking he never hears anything; he is so busy talking he does not listen.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: This is a good news story-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (24 Oct 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: -----and it is very important that the concerns of local communities and local citizens are taken into account-----