asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health whether he will state (a) the amounts of motor taxation collected in the counties of Dublin, Kildare, Leix, Offaly, for the years 1927, 1928, 1929, respectively; (b) the total amounts of grants allocated to said counties for road-building and maintenance in each of these years; (c) the mileage of (1) trunk, (2) main roads, (3) link roads, (4) county roads in said counties, and (d) the amounts provided by the County Councils of said counties under heading (e) for each of the years mentioned.
Written Answers. - Motor Taxation Yield.
The answers are as follow:—
|
County |
1927. |
1928. |
1929. |
|
(a) Dublin |
£82,512 |
£97,623 |
£96,222 |
|
Kildare |
14,360 |
17,360 |
18,452 |
|
Laoighis |
8,132 |
9,646 |
10,448 |
|
Offaly |
10,921 |
9,862 |
11,176 |
|
(b) Dublin |
£103,506 |
£27,691 |
£47,733 |
|
Kildare |
55,165 |
15,902 |
14,474 |
|
Laoighis |
60,299 |
10,342 |
15,211 |
|
Offaly |
24,059 |
15,168 |
18,887 |
(c) The information is given in the Reports of the Department of Local Government and Public Health for the years 1925-1927 (see text page 141 and page 330) and 1927-1928 (seepages 214 and 215).
(d) The gross amounts provided for the repair of the different classes of roads mentioned will, as regards the years 1926/27 and 1927/28, be found in the Department's Reports (pages 326 and 211 respectively).
The following are the particulars relating to the year 1928/29:
|
Dublin |
£67,747 |
|
Kildare |
29,782 |
|
Laoighis |
22,323 |
|
Offaly |
35,048 |
In relief of these sums the following grants, included in reply to (b), were made, viz.:
|
Dublin |
£14,811 |
|
Kildare |
5,738 |
|
Laoighis |
——* |
|
Offaly |
9,568 |
* A grant of £6,362 was provisionally allocated but County Council failed to qualify for payment of the Grant.