Plans for the Spring Statement were interrupted slightly, when the electricity was cut off in Leinster House.

Generators have been turned on to supply backup power after a disconnection left the entire complex without electricity.

Ironically, the power cut came in the middle of a committee meeting about the North-South interconnector.

The power failure came just as one campaigner from Monaghan told the committee that Eirgrid were not replying to complaints.