Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. The Government accepts there are genuine maintenance backlogs in terms of roads across the length and breadth of the country, particularly in south Kerry and Kerry more generally. We have allocated additional money to Kerry County Council for the regular maintenance of the network.

In respect of the Killarney bypass, I tend to call it the Cork-Kerry road.

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