The Opposition can criticise us for the sake of criticising but they will state quietly that the development in recent years could not have been foreseen in 1997. We are committed to this programme and we will continue, through the Department of the Environment and Local Government and the local government fund, to provide record funding for non-national roads. I am anxious that local authorities increase their resource contributions, which is not something they all did this year. We will pursue that with the relevant local authorities to ensure they make a realistic contribution to the fund.