Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will have to ask the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to come back to the Deputy with a further update. Roughly €500 million is allocated each year for national roads - half for maintenance and restoration and half for new projects. It is not the case that every project gets funded every year. We have not decided yet on the allocations for 2024. Certainly, where there are a number of route options, we are keen to spend the money to narrow the number of route options down to one precisely for the reason the Deputy articulates that where there are a number of different route options not decided on yet, people's land is sterilised and that is very unfair on them.

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