Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It will be good if the Government can implement some of what was included in the programme. My question was not answered yesterday as far as I understand. Will the Taoiseach give a commitment that the national primary routes, the N4 and N5, both going to the west and north west, will be included in the capital programme this year? The Taoiseach knows the neglect of these routes and he knows it is vital to upgrade them. It is vital to put a substantial sum of money into them. In the area of the west, apart from the roadway to Galway, there is no motorway into most of the west and north west where there are more than 500,000 people. At this stage, the Taoiseach must know, as I do, every pair of cat's eyes on the N5. It is really in need of work. The Taoiseach knows that. He travels it a number of times a week. Will the Taoiseach give me a clear commitment that both the N4 and N5 will be included in the capital programme of works in 2017?

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