Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister referred to the Department of Transport. It has profiled 25% expenditure in the first five months of the year, even though that period accounts for 40% of the year, but it is significantly behind on that expenditure, that is, by €150 million. At a time when county roads are screaming out for money and the Department of Transport has spent nothing on non-county roads, that is, local improvement scheme, LIS, roads, in the past ten years, if a request came to the Minister from the Department of Transport to spend more on county roads that urgently need work and on LIS roads, would he be willing to look favourably on such a request in view of the fact that these are projects that can give quick spend as the year goes on?

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