Mr. Michael Nolan:

We will take the Deputy's comments on board and have a look at that but it is a question of funding. As I said, it is not just the Killarney bypass that has been suspended or even a portion of it. There are approximately 60 schemes throughout the country that have been suspended. We just do not have the funding that we require. As we said earlier, we have a very low level of schemes going through the planning pool and a very low level of funding to enable us to bring more schemes to that pool. That is one of the big challenges we are facing a the moment. As the economy turns around, recovers and that recovery is sustained, we will not have enough schemes to present for construction. That is one of the challenges and is part of the conversation we are having with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport as we speak. It is not just Killarney; it is widespread.

Regarding the surface of the N22 from Killarney to the county boundary, we do condition surveys every year on the entire road network. As I said earlier, we are only spending between €40 million and €50 million on paving restoration and paving renewal, but we should be spending about €100 million more than that. Again, in terms of asset renewal, we are way behind where we need to be on resurfacing and I am sure this is one of those national primary routes that is suffering because of that.