Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----that must be taken as a priority. I consider road safety more important in some respects than the condition of the roads. If there is a case to be made where there is evidence of fatalities on a road and there are identifiable black spots, it is something we will have to consider a top priority when we are examining the allocation of money for roads. I will give the road in question consideration in that light. I am aware of other roads around the country which have black spots that also deserve priority. We are talking about human life here, as against anything else, and obviously it must be top of the list.

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