Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

The questions are tangentially related to the original question. I have not received any reports from Galway on the damage done to roads. The flooding we saw on television will have had an effect. As I said in response to a previous parliamentary question, we will look at that when it comes in. Local authorities are directly responsible for repairing roads. We supplement the grants they make available.

The N17 is part of the national road network. We have made commitments to do a huge amount of work with public private partnership and to replace much of that road. The funding is being provided as necessary for that and it will advance.

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