Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

Today I received three pieces of correspondence from the Ceann Comhairle's office regarding four questions I put down to Ministers, three of which, relating to the upkeep of the N72 and N73 roads in County Cork, were disallowed on the basis that the Minister has no official responsibility to Dáil Éireann for this matter, which falls within the remit of the National Roads Authority. I also posed a question to the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources about Lombardstown Post Office and the continuance of its operation and, again, I was told that the Minister has no official responsibility.

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