Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

From the Minister of State's speech we can see there is a huge change in the way funding comes into local authorities.

I wish to compliment the roads sections. Some of that might come under the remit of the Department for Transport, Tourism and Sport. There has been a big improvement in roads throughout the country. We see a huge amount of road works, be they on local roads or national routes, taking place every day when we travel the roads. Roadwork traffic lights are up here, there and every place. The quality of work being done on the roads is second to none. I compliment everybody on that. It is one area I have noticed during my political career. Once it was always a case of "When will the road be done" or "Can you do anything with the potholes?".