Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is something that needs to be looked at. An issue which Deputy Ó Cuív raised has raised before, which I have raised with officials, and Deputy McLoughlin also brought up is the charges per square metre for roads. I want the Department to do some work on this because I want to see the €10.7 million this year, or the €17.7 million last year, put into roads. The local authority staff would be there anyway. I should not have to pay an administration fee on top of the cost of the roads, not to mention the local authorities charging €20 per square metre. That does not make sense when the private sector can do it for around €13 to €15. The scheme is a good one which I want to continue. I know the Acting Chairman admires it because many roads were done in Roscommon and he knows more will be done this year.

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