I want to bring in Deputy Seán Moore who has his name tabled to the question also.

In regard to Question No. 23, may I ask the Parliamentary Secretary if the Government would consider compensating Dublin Corporation for the amount of property they acquired after the Minister had sanctioned the river crossing and the approach roads mentioned, and if he will further compensate Dublin Corporation arising out of claims under the 1963 Planning and Development Act from firms who may well claim that they have been wrongly refused planning permission on these routes and therefore they may seek, as they are entitled to do, compensation under the Act; or does the Minister intend to leave matters as they are without any suggestion of compensation for these firms who have been very wrongly done by because of the atrocious handling of this matter by the Minister?

I do not think that Deputy Moore has carefully considered exactly what the Minister said on that occasion, and I will refresh his memory. The Minister went on to say:

I must point out, that of course, roads will continue to attract substantial grants from central funds both for new works and maintenance, and that substantial provision will also continue to be made from rates, this made possible by the Government's decision to relieve the rates of extensive burdens in respect of health and local authority housing. In the current year the combined allocations for roads from central funds and the rates came to around £50 million, no small achievement for a country of our size and circumstances.

Question No. 25.

I did not ask for that information. I want to put the question again.

This would not be in order, Deputy Moore. We cannot have repetition. Order.

For the amount of compensation required, because the Minister had given the go-ahead, for the motorway by reason of the fact that he sanctioned a river crossing and approach road. It is a simple question I put to the Parliamentary Secretary.

It is a simple question. Deputy Moore is concerned with what?

Getting a simple answer.Mr. O.J. Flanagan: As far as Deputy Moore is concerned——

——he knows quite well that the Government must take into consideration their priorities in relation to the amount of money available for allocation for local government services. The housing of the people of the city of Dublin must be considered——

That does not arise here.

——sanitary services, water works and sewerage schemes must be considered, but whether Deputy Moore is anxious to consider motorways more important than sanitary services and more important than water works——

——or more important than the housing of the people of this city——

This is not the chapel gate.

Order. I am calling on Deputy Faulkner. A final supplementary.