Mark Duffy (Fine Gael)

I just want to interrupt Mr. O'Connor on that. As regards the engagement with the local authority, the local authority will pass it off to TII and TII passes it over to the local authority, and it regularly falls between the cracks in terms of development. We are a quarter of the way through the 21st century without any delivery or any hope of delivery. There was €88 million investment in a different Ballina for the Ballina-to-Killaloe bridge, which is obviously great for that area. The population of Ballina in Tipperary is 2,400. The urban population of Ballina alone is 11,000, and the town serves a region beyond that of 30,000 or 40,000 people between west Sligo and north Mayo. We have an €88 million investment, which is welcome for Ballina, County Tipperary. I do not know it in much detail other than that the population of Ballina is 2,500 and that of Killaloe, on the other side of the river, is about 1,500. The justification is pronounced for a relief road over the River Moy connecting the Foxford and Sligo road. That needs to be a priority of TII. From a political point of view, we will do whatever we can to find the funding, but I have been around too long as to what I have seen at a local authority level. TII will push these things to the local authority; the local authority will push them to TII. Why will the local authority push them to TII? Because the local authority is trying to get paltry funding for pedestrian crossings or changing of traffic lights or low-cost safety measures, never mind having the competencies to think about transformational projects that are desperately needed for the town.