Dáil Thursday 25 January 2018 at 12:30

Third-class roads funding

Summary

Deputy Declan Breathnach asked that local authorities receive sufficient money for third-class roads, arguing they have been neglected for years. The Chair challenged the process used to raise the matter and then moved on, with no substantive reply.

Pat the Cope Gallagher An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

Deputy, do you have a card? We have four minutes left. We are depriving others-----

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Declan Breathnach Fianna Fáil

I do not like depriving anybody.

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Pat the Cope Gallagher An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

What is the question?

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Declan Breathnach Fianna Fáil

Will the Minister make a commitment to ensure that each local authority-----

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Brian Stanley Sinn Féin

This is unfair.

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Declan Breathnach Fianna Fáil

-----allocates sufficient moneys to third class roads? That is the issue. It is mainly third class roads. They have not got money for years.

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Brian Stanley Sinn Féin

A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, on a point of order, there is a card system in the House. Some of us-----

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Pat the Cope Gallagher An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

We are trying to avoid people using other people's cards.

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Brian Stanley Sinn Féin

Yes.

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Pat the Cope Gallagher An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

Hold on, Deputy Collins. It is tantamount to pressing other people's buttons for voting. I will not have that. We will move on after that question, which I believe the Tánaiste has answered. Card No. 1.

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