Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In counties such as Monaghan, rather than tar as a new dawn, as one Minister described it, people instead continue to damage their suspension and blow out tyres following yet another false dawn. Despite all the bluster of Ministers, maintenance and road repair funding in County Monaghan will not increase significantly to improve road repairs. That is because 43% of the additional funding that has been promised this time will be used for speed limit signage. That is an increase of 2,745 per cent for speed signage; not for enforcement or repairs but for signage. The conditions of some of our roads in County Monaghan are woeful, despite the best efforts of our under-resourced council staff. Why have the people of Monaghan been refused funding to repair, improve and maintain our roads to a necessary standard?

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