Some 50% of the overall allocation goes to the restoration programme, which has been in place since 1995. It aims to restore all those regional local roads which were deficient in 1996 by the end of 2005. The programme was undertaken on foot of multi-annual restoration programmes prepared by county councils and submitted to the Department. If it is the wish of any local authority to have this amended in any way, we will be only too pleased to act as positively as we can. Local authorities are best placed to determine the priority to be accorded to their roads under these multi-annual programmes. The restoration programme has been a great success.