Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is heartening to know that he comes from a similar neck of the woods to ours and can appreciate and relate to the point we make. I appeal to him, however, to raise in his discussions with the Minister, Deputy Ross, that, as I said before, the network is crumbling under our feet - or our tyres - and we are storing up more problems for ourselves down the road if we do not address the issue now. Additional funding is needed. It is critical as a matter of urgency. Otherwise we will have a bigger problem trying to restore these roads to an acceptable level in the future.