Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and acknowledge that she has put a focus on the scheme and there has been additional funding. She said the same thing last year about her Department reaching out to local authorities to see what they had on their books, what had not been completed and what they could complete by the end of the year. I presume from the response of the Minister that is happening again now. It would be useful for all of us to have the figures, local authority by local authority, regarding what is left and what can be completed by the end of this year and into 2023.

The Minister has said many times that she has engaged with the Department of Transport with a view to it providing additional funding to go along with the funding she provides through her Department. That would be very welcome. In the nicest way possible, I wish to ask whether she is meeting resistance from that Department. It previously funded the scheme and I do not see why it would not make a contribution. The Minister might be able to come back to me on that.

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