Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All of us want to see further improvements in the road network and in particular when we look at regional and local roads. I do not think anyone can dispute the investment for 2025 is very significant. Will it do every regional and local road across the country? Of course it will not. You must have a works programme as well and the capacity to deliver those programmes. That is what I and the Ministers of State, Deputies Canney and Buttimer, in this Government will be focused on.

It is for the local authorities to bring the schemes forward and to make submissions to ourselves and through the roads authorities as well. It is from that decisions are made in relation to the delivery of the funding for those schemes. We are focused on delivery. People will see significant improvements over the term of this Government. In any annual works programme there is no question that every road within it will be addressed but we will have a significant announcement very shortly in relation to the national roads programme. The Deputy will look at it, and rightly so, but these are projects we want to advance further.

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