Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I was in the local authority in Galway and when this scheme ceased back in 2008 or 2009, we had been getting an allocation of almost €1.5 million, while last year we got an allocation of €1.9 million. We are back up there now but there are a lot of roads in the queue to be done. Local authorities are tackling them with vigour and, over the next number of years, I hope we will see roads taken out of the queue so that we can do them on demand. When an authority puts in an application it may have to wait for the next year's allocation. The scheme was great when it was first brought in and it is back in again now. We need to support it, protect it and enhance it with more money from other Departments.

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