Rural Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-09
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Brendan Griffin (FG), Kerry

I thank the Minister for her response. I want to raise with her a matter that Tommy Griffin, our candidate in the Corca Dhuibhne electoral area, raised with me. He did a detailed analysis of the LIS figures per county per annum. He established that the council in Mayo, which has marginally more finance, has done 549 roads since 2018. Kerry received slightly less funding, but it was still only able to do 194. Unless the roads in Mayo are way shorter and narrower than those in Kerry, there seems to be something wrong. Will the Minister look at the massive variation between the number of roads that are resurfaced by local authorities for the same money? It does not add up that the average cost per road in Mayo is approximately €17,000 and that it is almost four times that amount in Kerry and other counties. Other counties have done very well in displaying efficiency, so there must be something wrong. I wonder if every local authority is getting value for money.

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Sitting date: 2024-05-09