Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, the local authorities get the roads budget from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Where roads have to be raised, there is a funding mechanism in place that has been applied by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The local authorities apply for funding for it. We do not have funding in that regard. Our primary objective is flood relief and emergency flood relief. That is where we work. We do not have funding for roads. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport provide that funding to local authorities. It also provided for special budgets last year in counties where flooding had caused damage to the roads.