Mr. Graham Doyle:

The issue, as I understand it, has been raised for Ministers. It is an issue that has to be built into the budgetary process in terms of planning over the next years for how the Exchequer will cope with that drop on an annual basis. I think the estimate I saw recently was something in the order of about €30 million per annum. In the opening piece of the Deputy's question, though, he was concerned about the impact upon our ability to fund the maintenance and upkeep of regional and local roads as a consequence. My answer was based around the fact that-----