The scheme under which my Department provided grant assistance to local authorities for works on Gaeltacht roads was suspended formally last year in light of the limited capital allocation available for capital programmes in the Gaeltacht. It may be noted that my Department has not been in a position in recent years to allocate any significant funding to such programmes. The Deputy will appreciate, therefore, that it is not possible at this time to accept applications or approve funding of the nature referred to in his question.