Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

It was very progressive and all the moneys he promised were spent over the past decade. We are now into the second stage of the programme but difficulties remain on our roads. Regardless of what happens in the next ten or 20 years, we will always have difficulties on our roads. That is not to say we should be defeatist because we should target the funding. Local authorities have significant discretion on their non-national road allocations and we expect them to deal with the most dangerous spots.

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