Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The damage has been done over the years because of the accumulation of the shortfalls. I know that the Minister of State is trying to make up and fill the gaps. However, it is extraordinary to suggest that there is a great deal of money for roads when that is not the reality. We are working backwards all the time. In fact, even in the past six weeks in Mayo the roads programme has been severely cut. The figure agreed in the local authority last February for the roads programme has again been significantly cut by the local authorities. There is a disconnect.