The Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, makes good soundings when it comes to a bypass or relief road for Tipperary town. This is on the route, as the Taoiseach knows, from Foynes in Limerick to Rosslare. While we got €2 million this year to progress that from Cahir to Pallasgreen, that is only at the design stage and going to planning. We need a ring road for Tipperary town. The traffic every day is choking the town. It is killing the businesses. It is so bad for people's health as well, given the fumes being belched out. It would be good if we could even get the trucks out of it. Nice statements and commitments are no good. This is going on for ever and ever. God knows when we will see the motorway, the 2+1, or whatever they build. We need to get the trucks and passing traffic out of the town to allow the commerce, business and the enjoyment of the lovely town get back to normal. At the moment it is all traffic and it is a desperate situation.

I have been to Tipperary town many times and I agree it is a town that needs a bypass. I think about €2 million was provided for that particular road project-----

That is right.

-----but that just helps narrow the route and with route design. We have about €250 million a year for new national roads. That is not enough to allow every project to progress every year but it is enough to make significant progress on many of them. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, is especially keen to prioritise bypasses of towns. Many got funding in this round, including Virginia, Carrick-on-Shannon, and a couple of others too. Perhaps Tipperary can be considered as part of that in future.