Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I raise the issue of local improvement schemes. Kerry received €799,000 from the fund this year. It will do approximately 15 roads. However, there are 673 applications as of today to be dealt with. These are public roads that are not taken in charge. At the rate we are going, it will take 30 years to deal with them. These roads are used by households, farmers and service providers, including doctors and nurses. These people pay their motor tax, property tax, income tax, VAT and excise the same as people in Dublin. Counties with fewer applications are getting more when we in Kerry have a Minister - the Minister for Education - from the county. The people of Kerry are entitled to the same quality of roads as the people in Dublin 4. They even provide their own water supply and septic tanks. The people of Kerry are being denied fair play. It will take 30 years to exhaust the list we have.

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