I refer to job creation in rural Ireland, especially in County Kerry where we are greatly hampered by the lack of road infrastructure into the county, with bottlenecks in Macroom and Adare. Last year the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport announced that the Macroom bypass project had been included in the six-year capital investment programme. For which of the six years is it scheduled? County Kerry is greatly hampered in the creation of jobs and we cannot attract indigenous or foreign investment because of the lack of infrastructure, especially for access. The broadband service is practically non-existent. If one gets off an aeroplane at Farranfore Airport and travels one mile either way on the three roads out of Farranfore, there is no mobile phone coverage. To ensure fair play for the people of County Kerry, when will the Government provide the necessary funding for the Macroom bypass project?

On a point of order, Macroom is in County Cork.

To get to County Kerry, people have to pass through County Cork.

Let us not get too territorial.

Now that there is a Minister from Macroom, I ask him to put his shoulder to the wheel on this issue. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine knows better than anyone that on many days the wheels through the town move very slowly. Will he give this project priority?

When one crosses the county bounds in travelling from Killarney towards Cork, one hits the section between Ballyvourney and Macroom. This issue has been raised on many occasions. Planning permission has been granted for the project which is part of the capital programme, as is the Adare bypass project. A review is pending, in 2018, as the Deputy will be aware. I cannot answer on the detail of where the projects stand today. Planning permission has been granted for the Ballyvourney to Macroom project which is important and essential, while work is proceeding on the design and planning issues in respect of the Adare bypass project. They are both included in the capital programme and we hope they can be expedited as quickly as possible. We do not like to see any county, particularly the Kingdom, being, as the Deputy might say, "discriminated against" in the context of job creation. One wants to be able to get into the place quickly, but one also wants to be able to get out of it quickly.

In the light of the fact that we have had expressions of condolence, it would be appropriate to extend the Order of Business by five minutes or so.