There is sufficient funding to decide the preferred route for the long-awaited N22 Killarney bypass this year.
That's according to Minister of State at the Department of Education Josepha Madigan, who told the Dáil that Phase Two of the five-part 'Planning and Design' stage will be completed in 2024.
She was responding to a question by Danny Healy-Rae concerning the proposed road from Lissyviggeen to Farranfore and from Lissyviggeen to Castlelough on the Muckross Road.
Deputy Healy-Rae says the total 500 to 800-million euro needed for the N22 Killarney bypass has not been allocated: