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

From a Government view and a country point of view, we did the right thing in supporting the companies in the first instance. Of course, the court made its decision. In other words, we won twice because we backed the companies and, at the same time, we won the case we were not looking to win. Now we have this money, the one thing I would advise is prudence. We should spend money on capital projects. There is so much we need to do but there is one group of people I would like to talk about, namely, the 600 people waiting for local improvement scheme roads to be done in County Kerry. The money that it would cost to do those 600 roads and all the other LIS roads would be minuscule out of the total pot of money that is available and that we were not expecting. That would be money well spent. It would keep our countryside open and keep access open. We have to do something with Irish Water. We have to finance water for projects, houses and development and I would look for money to be spent in that direction as well.

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