Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Mar is eol don Teachta, agus mar a dúirt mé go poiblí cheana, níl aon chinneadh déanta maidir leis an teach altranais i dTuam. Ní raibh an t-eolas a tugadh ar an raidió cruinn. I will revert to the Deputy on the last matter but no decision has been made on the health facility in Tuam.

It is amazing how eaten bread is soon forgotten. When the Labour Party and Fine Gael left Government the spend on national roads was €250 million or €270 million per year. Next year we will spend €1.375 billion. The Opposition accepts the Government is spending money but claims it does not get value for money. I refer to the road from Galway to Dublin, which Deputy McHugh and I know very well. I have been a Member of the House since 1989, when half of the bypass of Athlone was built. Since that time, until two years ago, only the road from the M50 to Kilcock was added.

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