I would like if the relevant Minister would come to the House to deal with the North-South interconnector. I know that because of the oral hearing, the Minister could not answer questions in the other House. We all know Fianna Fáil and the Green Party started the North-South interconnector. When Fianna Fáil was in power, it was like "The Wombles". It was all right for the interconnector to go overground but as soon as it was out of government, it had to go underground - wombling free. I understand that is politics and that we have to move on.

The Senator is wandering.

I met various Ministers during the five years I was a Member of the other House. We were told it could not be changed and that it was further down the road than any other project. That message was shoved down our throats. There are 155 pages in the programme for Government between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, which includes bogs and the butterflies. However, there is no mention of the North-South interconnector. Deputies in my area and Cavan and Monaghan shouted about this and it was a huge issue during the general election with people with EirGrid posters outside the church shouting "Butler out", Butler out". My family had to walk through them on the Sunday before the general election. The programme for Government does not mention the North-South interconnector, but the bogs are mentioned.

Shame on you both.

We do not want to leave Sinn Féin out, we want to bring it into the picture.

Good man.

It can come riding in on its high horse because we have good news. Sinn Féin is going to stop this. As result of the Brexit vote, there is a problem for the North-South pylon project. It is a designated EU project of common interest. To be awarded this status, a development must have benefits for at least two European Union states. I call on Sinn Féin - we have Members who are from the North-----

I ask the Senator to address his remarks through the Chair.

Sinn Féin can sort the whole thing out. It can stop the North-South interconnector. I call on Sinn Féin to get off the fence and stop this once and for all.

Good man.

As a matter of clarification for Senator Ray Butler, there is no programme for Government between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

There is; it is as good as one.

We are facilitating a minority Government in the interest of the State.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Some of the comments by Senators Diarmuid Wilson and Ray Butler might be more appropriately dealt with in their respective parliamentary parties.

I agree totally. I just wanted to clarify the matter.

Or at a Cabinet meeting.