asked the Minister for the Environment if he has provided any money for a ring road at Killarney, County Kerry.

I have not received proposals from Kerry County Council for a ring road at Killarney and accordingly the question of the allocation of funds for the project does not arise at this stage.

Is the Minister aware that his colleague, Deputy O'Leary, has announced that it is sanctioned by the Department?

I am not aware of any such thing.

He is not talking to him.