Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I also welcome the injection of capital into our country roads and laneways. Throughout County Clare, we benefitted by approximately €867,000 last year and I welcome the confirmation that a new €10 million fund will be announced this year. A number of constituents who have benefitted from the LIS have said to me that some roads are falling into a state of disrepair because they are ten or 15 years old. Will the Minister consider putting aside funding to carry out repair works on roads that may be five years old? Those roads could be upgraded and the term "a stitch in time saves nine" comes to mind.

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