Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Cork has one eighth of the roads in Ireland, so one would expect it to get one eighth of the funding. This would be the normal breakdown of funding required. The scale of the county is an issue in that it is massive. Its roads need to be repaired, as the Minister knows, and very many minor roads need funding. Consequently, we need a special funding block put in place for Cork county.

Let me refer to the infrastructure problems, such as the one related to the Bandon relief road. Towns like Bandon need to have Government policy work for them. We must not have lorries going down the main street of Bandon because we cannot finish the 2.5 km relief road, which was started 22 years ago. Unfortunately, that is where we are at.