I refute the recent announcement made on road spending, particularly in my part of the country, and the allegations made in the public press that the Minister for Transport had ignored the west. The record speaks for itself and I would like briefly to quote the figures. Last week Donegal received €3 million for preliminary work on the Ballyshannon-Bundoran bypass, Sligo received €11 million for archaeological and other works on the town's inner relief road, Clare received €16 million for preliminary work on the Ennis bypass and Mayo received €5 million for the Knock, Claremorris, Ballina and Bohola roads. That expenditure is welcome, though it is not enough and my colleagues and I will be pressing the Minister to ensure a greater disbursement in the next spending round. The funding is enough, however, to give lie to the myth that the west has been ignored or neglected by this Government.