Dáil debates

Thursday, 22 September 2022

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Departmental Expenditure

9:40 am

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his detailed reply. He negotiated very well in his Estimates campaign last year. There is a substantial spend under each heading. I sincerely hope that he will secure increased funding for the regional and local roads and the non-national road network for the coming year. As I mentioned earlier, thankfully there is a growth in population in rural areas. My own county is very rural and there is few national roads because of our Border situation. We are heavily dependent on the non-national network for the siting of people’s homes and enterprise and business. There is a lot of heavy traffic and we need to ensure that for the roads, which are at a reasonable standard at the moment, there is investment in those to protect the investment that was made over the years. Many roads in both counties are crying out for investment and upgrading. In this day and age, people are entitled to a proper standard of road to their home and to their place of work. I urge the Minister, if there is any leeway under any of the subheads, to consider allocating to the local authorities that have the capacity to spend more money before the end of this year and ensure there is increased funding for 2023.

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