This evening the Dáil will debate a motion calling on the Government to honour its commitment to fund 50% of the cost of the A5 upgrade. I welcome the A5 Enough is Enough campaign who are here in the Gallery today. As the Taoiseach knows, this road is one of the most dangerous on the island of Ireland. More than 50 people have lost their lives on it since the upgrade was promised back in 2006. Some of the family members of the victims of this road are also with us in the Gallery and I welcome them in particular. The A5 upgrade was agreed between the Irish and British Governments as part of the St. Andrews Agreement in 2006. Its delivery cannot be delayed any longer and we want to ensure that after the planning, obstacles are overcome. We want to know that this Government will recommit to the commitment it made in 2006 to co-finance the road on a 50% basis. Will the Taoiseach support tonight's motion? Will he honour the Irish Government's commitment for a 50% co-financing of this road which needs to be done to open the potential of the north west and, crucially, to save lives?

We will not be opposing the Deputy's motion tonight. I want to make clear the Government's support for the A5 upgrade which is a very important road in terms of road safety. I am very aware of the campaign in that regard. It is also a very significant road in that it connects Derry and Letterkenny better to Dublin and other parts of Ireland as part of the national road network. We are very much in favour of the project. The last agreement on this was actually made by Deputy Brendan Howlin, Sammy Wilson, Danny Kennedy and me back in 2011 or 2012. We agreed a figure to fund it. I think €80 million was to be our contribution. That was a reduction on our previous contribution because of the financial position we were in at the time. We are now in a much better financial position and we will be happy to have a conversation about increasing our contribution. Ideally, we would like to know that the road is through planning and how much it is going to cost before we have that discussion.