Kevin Moran (Longford-Westmeath, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I could not agree with the Deputy's comments more but I advise that we are coming to budget times in local authorities and, where local authorities have issues with regard to cutbacks, they know that I and the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, have money at our disposal. If they apply for the schemes, they should have backup funding. They are in areas with coastal erosion. They fully understand that councillors need to step up to the mark to provide that money and we will make the matching funding available. Neither the Minister’s Department nor my Department have been found wanting in supporting all local authorities, particularly in the past year and a half. I have been very vigilant on the ground in meeting people and looking after areas. If Mayo County Council comes to our Department, we will look at trying to do works.

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