The National Roads Authority payment in 2000 was €19 million, but the actual spend in 2002 was €9 million. That is a dramatic drop. We have one of the most modern design offices in Donegal town, which also serves parts of Leitrim and Sligo. Engineers have designs and plans and are ready to spend money on projects, such as by-passes in Donegal, but that has not happened. Payments to date in 2003 by the NRA to Donegal amount to €2.9 million compared to an actual spend of €19.8 million in 2000. One does not need to be a rocket scientist, have an ESRI report or employ an expensive consultancy company to tell the people in the north west that they are playing second fiddle in a country that is completely imbalanced. This must be addressed in the mid-term review of the national development plan.