Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The improvement on the road network has led in no small way to the lack of death on the road. It would be a highly retrograde step if we were to allow the road network to deteriorate back to its former state and the only way one can avoid this is by continuing to invest in it and to not allow the state of the surface revert to the position it reached in the past. More money is now available to the Government as a result of the €1 billion that has been saved and the Minister should make his pitch for whatever amount of that he can ultimately achieve. The Minister's own quiet way of negotiation could and hopefully will lead to success in that regard.

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