Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Deputy. We had a super day in Rylane and Kishkeam. I thank everybody for their welcome, including Deputy John Paul O’Shea, Deputy Aindrias Moynihan and the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Moynihan. There was a lot of really good progress in respect of the subject matter of the discussions we had here earlier.

Cork County Council reported 175 LIS roads awaiting repair at the end of 2024. Fifty-one roads, including four island roads, have been repaired to date in 2025. Cork County Council is one of our best-performing local authorities. I am very conscious of the size of Cork county in the context of all our allocations. We will continue to work with local authorities on the LIS.

The cost per road repair differs from local authority to local authority. I am carrying out an analysis of what is influencing this. We need to address the backlog. The Deputy has spoken about the backlog in his area. I will do some work on this and am happy to take suggestions from all the rural Deputies on how we should address it.

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