Mr. Michael Nolan:

The financial return on those schemes has been excellent. There is a lot more to be done. With regard to the Killarney bypass, that scheme unfortunately has been suspended. We have approximately 60 schemes in the country that have been suspended and unfortunately Killarney is among that number.

With regard to the bridges on the Ring of Kerry, and obviously for safety reasons these bridges are not wide enough to take two lanes of traffic passing safely. It is down to one-lane traffic on a number of bridges around the country. If the current funding level persists, unfortunately we probably will be doing a lot more of that. We are spending some money on the Ring of Kerry, and there are a number of schemes on the Ring of Kerry that are in our minor works programme and in the preparation pool. We have an excellent national roads office, manned and staffed by Kerry County Council and that office is based in Castleisland. There is an excellent team there that has a fantastic record of delivering many major projects, not just in Kerry but also in the region. That level of experience and knowledge is still residing in Kerry County Council in the national roads office. They have another design office in the headquarters. The staff in Kerry are well positioned to avail of any additional coming in the next few years. They have the capacity to deliver on major and minor projects