Tony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I welcome the money the constituency has received since 2017. I am aware that offers have been made to a number of farmers and householders living along the routes of the local improvement schemes which have been approved by both Sligo County Council and Leitrim County Council. I believe the money that has been spent there and in every constituency in the country is to be welcomed. Every councillor in the country has been lobbying, with the aim of improving private roads for farming. In many cases, this means that the roads are brought up to a standard where they can be taken in charge by the local authorities in the various areas involved.

The Minister has allocated a sum of €10.8 million this year. I hope additional funding can be made available for local improvement schemes. It is money well spent spent and which has been taken up in every area, particularly in the areas I represent, in Sligo-Leitrim and south Donegal. It is vitally important that we receive additional funding in 2018, but I certainly welcome the €10.8 million allocated so far.

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