I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to reply to Questions Nos. 139, 140 and 141 together.
Grant allocations for road works are necessarily related to the overall demands on available public funds for essential services. On that basis I am satisfied that the allocation for the current year, totalling £14.4 million— an increase of £2 million on last year —is reasonable and enables road authorities to make adequate progress with their programmes for the improvement and upkeep of the road system.
Grant allocations to Mayo County Council in the current year total £661,850, an increase of £57,780 on the previous year. I am not aware that any works provided for in the current programme have been abandoned. Larger schemes being carried out in stages will, no doubt, be continued in future programmes.