Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

No, my question concerns when electricity is being brought from generation to supply. Let us take the example of electricity being brought from where it is generated to, say, for instance, Carrick-on-Shannon. This is one place in the west where most of the power works through. This is what I am talking about here. I am not talking about going down every road to Johnny and Mary with no wires. I am talking about the main power lines. There is talk of an interconnector to the North or of bringing the power up there. Why is this type of facility looked at in this regard? Mention has been made of the consumer paying. We are the highest in Europe at paying for electricity in case the witnesses do not happen to know it. It is possible to put the supply underground in Europe and we are still the highest. ESB Networks is running the wires overhead but the electricity prices here are still the highest in Europe, so I do not want to buy that one.