Mr. Dominic Mullaney:

The Department has an inspectorate which liaises with the various councils and also looks at works when they are completed and at proposed improvements to regional and local roads. Most of the moneys go on allocations for the main grants. These are restoration and maintenance grants, restoration and improvement grants and discretionary grants. Those allocations are based on road length. The Deputy asked whether we take condition into account. We did in the past but we have moved away from that. We now base allocations simply on length. The reason for that is that councils-----