Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

We asked the local authorities to do this immediately after the end of the severe weather spell and most of them, although not all, have submitted estimates of the damage. We are working on the basis that they have done some type of audit themselves of the roads to arrive at the estimates they have given us. We will work on that basis.

I cannot accept that the local authorities are in the dark. They know exactly what the situation is and-----

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