I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which he raised previously on the non-national roads sector. There is no doubt that inflation has eaten into the available resources. The total allocated this year for regional and local roads is approximately €626 million, €46 million of which is current expenditure and €580 million of which is capital, compared to €597 million overall in 2022. There was an increase this year in capital funding but as the Deputy said, much of that has been absorbed by inflation in the cost of materials in construction more generally. We take on board what the Deputy said about mid-term reviews and to examine what we can do this year regarding different stages of capital being deployed and whether we can deploy more capital for it this year.

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