The Dail has heard that many roads across Donegal are in an awful state and in urgent need of upgrading.

It comes as the Government is being urged to review the Local Improvement Scheme with claims that it's currently inadequate.

100% Redress Party TD Charles Ward has claimed that there are hundreds of people in the county who have been on the LIS waiting list for years.

He also says that rural and Gaeltacht communities in Donegal are dying as a result and called for increased funding under the scheme: