In relation to the commitment in the programme for Government focused on reinvigorating and protecting infrastructure throughout rural Ireland, I welcome the initiative being overseen by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Heather Humphreys, to put in place a grants system to enable dwellings and accommodation in villages and small towns to be refurbished, renovated and made available for habitation. In the context of the revaluation process which has commenced, proposed valuation certificates have issued which are exorbitant by any measure. They are completely theoretical, desk-bound assessments which will wipe out and damage businesses and shops in rural villages and towns. In Longford and Westmeath, demands have issued which will see a fivefold increase in rates. In my own village of Ballynacargy, three businesses whose owners I spoke to last night will go to the wall in 2018. What can be done to address this madness where one arm of the Government is acting contrary to the objectives of the other arm? What is the Taoiseach going to do in terms of the programme for Government commitment to protect businesses in rural Ireland and to offer relief in respect of the huge burden of rates? In one business, rates went from €400 to €2,300. One may make Larry and Tom of that. It is a nearly sixfold increase.

We will take Deputy Martin Kenny as well before going to the Taoiseach for a wrap-up. I ask the Deputy to be brief.

The programme for Government contains a commitment to bring investment and jobs to rural Ireland. One of the biggest impediments to that is our infrastructure. Chambers of commerce from across the north west came to Dublin before Christmas to campaign for investment in the roads infrastructure, in particular the N4 and N5 links to the north west. I am sure the Taoiseach is well aware of the particular stretch of road between Collooney and Castlebaldwin, which is one of the sections the chambers are talking about, but there are many others. We need urgently to get this roads infrastructure in place if we are going to get a recovery into those parts of rural Ireland. Regional regeneration must be a priority if we are going to make this so-called recovery spread out.

I referred earlier to the valuation Bill, the heads of which are being pursued and which will go for pre-legislative scrutiny shortly. Obviously, we need a programme for investment. There is a €40 billion programme which runs to the mid-2020s. The difficulties about public private partnerships have been ironed out and a new office of the European Investment Bank has opened in Dublin. Obviously, a major capital review will be carried out in the middle of the year. I am aware of the Collooney-Castlebaldwin difficulty, which has existed for a very long time. It is part of the programme for improvement along with many other road sections. We need a serious capital investment at many locations nationally. A review of the programme will be under way very shortly and carried out in June this year.

When will it be completed?

I thank the Taoiseach. That concludes questions on promised legislation. I point out to Members that many of their questions were much more relevant to Topical Issues or standard parliamentary questions.