28 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications when the competition for the ownership and building of Europeat 1 will be announced in view of the necessity to have EU funding drawn down by 1999 and in view of the vast amount of work which has to be completed in the meantime. [11830/95]

The competition to build, own and operate the new peat fired electricity generating station — to be located in the East-Mid-lands region — was approved by the Government on 5 September last.