Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am very grateful to the Minister for his clarification and I appreciate the demands on funding. I have no doubt whatsoever that most of us would agree there is a need to maintain our existing road network. Representatives of the National Roads Authority appeared before this committee and told us there is something like a €300 million shortfall in terms of maintenance funding alone, and I appreciate the challenges facing the Minister, but the submission made by the representatives of the western rail corridor addressed that issue. I am hopeful the Minister's Department has read that submission because Irish Rail, which was with the group that day-----