Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I know the N81 very well but I do not know the details of this particular project. We have a roads programme that is powering ahead but it is only really possible to do two major projects each year. As the Deputy will be aware, the Enniscorthy and New Ross projects are being finished, the Sligo project has just started, the Westport to Castlebar project was signed off yesterday and we should make progress on the Ballvourney-Macroom project in the very near future. There is a pipeline of road projects. We would love to be able to do them all in one year or in two or three years but that is just not possible given resource constraints and the availability of staff.

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