Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

If the Senator had been here earlier he would have heard my explanation. The way in which the money is divided for roads under the CLÁR programme is quite simple. For county roads, the money is divided according to the population in the CLÁR area in each county. However, because some counties — Tipperary south, Limerick and Meath — have a very small population, we give those counties a minimum of €30,000. To cover this, we take a small amount of extra money — about €15,000 — from the biggest county, which is County Mayo. The allocations this year were: Mayo, €889,793; Clare, €584,653; Cork, €576,159; Donegal, €542,806; Kerry, €496,992; Cavan, €482,660; Roscommon, €463,557; and Galway, €447,832. The last sum covers the CLÁR areas east and west of the Corrib.