Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Mayo relies heavily on the local improvement scheme and we have a diverse road network like those of County Cork and County Kerry, and I am sure it is the same in the Minister's constituency of Cavan-Monaghan. This is a really important issue that councillors raise with Oireachtas Members. I support the call for the Department of Transport to match-fund any funding that is presented by the Department of Rural and Community Development. This needs to be addressed. Many residents in Mayo are in dire need of this scheme. We need to ensure that action is taken and that the required funding is delivered into each of the local authorities to deliver on this. Also, looking at the cost comparison between the local authority doing the work versus a private contractor doing it, it is extortionate in some local authorities when it goes out to tender. I ask that we also look at that.

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