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Ballynacarrow is a village on the N17 in County Sligo that immediately needs traffic-calming measures, yet nothing is happening. In 2024, Sligo County Council allocated €264,000 to safety improvement works for the entire county. That is a great deal less than the cost of the bicycle shed out the front of this building. While there is no traffic calming in Ballynacarrow, Sligo County Council is now proposing a pedestrian crossing on an adjoining road. There was widespread local consultation on this issue. Despite unanimous local objection and the councillors in the municipal district not supporting the proposal, it is going ahead with no changes. The consultation was just box-ticking. Locals are totally frustrated. I have two questions. Will the Government ensure that consultation is actually meaningful? Second, will there be significant increases in road safety allocations?

Deputy Harkin knows I do not know the answer to her question. She knows I do not have the information regarding traffic calming schemes, no matter how important they are, in every village in the country.

I had two separate questions.

On the general point she raised regarding the need to continue to invest in road safety schemes, the Minister for Transport is committed to doing that, as is the Minister of State, Deputy Lawless. We will continue to ensure that features in the budget.