Mr. Peter Walsh:

We fund the Mayo road design office in Castlebar. It is staffed by Mayo County Council personnel and they take projects through the various phases. Our regional manager and regional inspector meet with them on a monthly basis. Projects that can be brought forward within the capacity of the office are identified and brought forward. Westport-Turlough was a major scheme that required a significant level of resource commitment and there is only so much an office can take on. We got that project up and running thankfully. The N59 from Westport to Mulranny project has been on the books for quite some time. They successfully got planning for that. We have been delivering that under a series of minor projects. I think we are now on our fourth one with them. Again, that is a significant requirement. We have Cloongullane bridge on the N26. We are aware of projects of that nature. We want to bring them forward. Some have more of an imperative. The Westport-Turlough project was definitely one that was part of the NDP and needed to be delivered as quickly as possible and that requires a lot of resources. There is only so much they can do in the office and that is part of the issue.