Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Tá ollfhadhb ann maidir leis na bóithre i láthair na huaire. Ocht mbliana ó shin is beag poll a bhí sna bóithre ach tá na bóithre ag titim óna chéile i láthair na huaire. We have a major problem because the roads are literally falling apart. In some sections of the road there is just pothole after pothole. Without an urgent input of money now, the roads will be impassable soon. I have never seen as rapid a deterioration in roads as I have seen this winter.

We also need to stop filling the roads with tar and chips. Where a section of road is disintegrating, macadam over the lot will last, but tar and chips only last a week or two.

The Minister needs to provide money to take the water of the roads. It is a major problem. Water lying on the roads combined with frosty and wet weather is doing total destruction. The Minister was in Galway recently. The local authorities will tell him they do not have the money to pay the staff to keep the water off the roads. The Minister knows the saying: a stitch in time saves nine.

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