asked the Minister for Local Government whether, as a large amount of the Motor Tax is derived from car owners in urban areas, and as Urban Councils are the road authorities in such areas, and also contribute to the main roads in the rural areas of their county, steps shall be taken to allocate to these Councils their fair share of the fund raised from this tax, and which is now being distributed for road improvement to County and Borough Councils only.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - MOTOR TAX DISTRIBUTION.
There is no power under existing law to make grants from the Road Fund direct to Urban District Councils as such.
Grants made to County Councils for road improvement should ordinarily be accessible to Urban District Councils within the county, if such Councils have roads within their areas of the class for which grants are made.