Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I want to move on to roads which represents the bulk of the Department's expenditure. Some of that is made up from the motor taxation fund. By my reckoning about a third of that comes from what is collected in motor taxation. Just after the crash we heard that we would sweat assets. It is possible to sweat them to the point that they become liabilities. Might we, or somebody else, be here in five or ten years' time talking about the multiplier effect of not spending now, particularly on road maintenance? What are we likely to have to spend in addition to what would be required if we had a maintenance budget that was adequate?

Is there a projection for that? There is a significant shortfall.