asked the Minister for the Environment the estimated cost of the planned new Cork-Mallow road.

Pending a decision by the Cork County Council on the selection of part of the line for a new road and the submission of detailed plans, I am not in a position to give a detailed estimate of cost for the Cork-Mallow road scheme.

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asked the Minister for the Environment the total number of road deaths on the main Cork-Mallow road in the last ten years.

The figure as compiled by An Foras Forbartha, subject to final confirmation in respect of 1978, is ten.