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Written Question
Electricity Interconnectors: Northern Ireland
Wednesday 20th February 2019

Asked by: Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what role the guidance issued under the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 will play in the determination of the Tyrone-Cavan interconnector application.

Answered by John Penrose

The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation and Exercise of Functions) Act 2018 and associated guidance gives greater certainty to enable NI Departments to continue to take decisions in Northern Ireland in the public interest. The redetermination of the planning application is a devolved matter and falls to the Department for Infrastructure. As such, I would encourage you to contact the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure for further information.

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