Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, and we have welcomed that funding very much. We are like the boy going up with the empty bowl for more porridge. The reason we are putting in our say for more funding now is because we appreciate what is coming this year. We will spend it well and will not waste it. It will be put to good use. But we will need sustained funding over next year and the year after to bring us up to an acceptable level. There are so many buses using that route, as well as all the people who want to come to south Kerry and the locals. They deserve to have an improved roadway. With the volume of traffic and heavy vehicles using it, there is a justification for sustained funding in respect of the road in the coming years.