Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 9 May 1956

Vol. 157 No. 2

Written Answers. - Road and Bridge Grants.

Mr. Blaney

asked the Minister for Local Government if he would state in respect of each local authority the amount allocated in each of the financial years 1953-54 to 1955-56 for (a) road upkeep and improvement work, (b) tourist road grants, (c) special grants for bridge works, (d) grants for schemes the technical aspects of which are administered through his Department, (e) the scheme for the improvement of roads serving E.S.B. turf-fired generating stations, and (f) the scheme for roads in Fíor-Ghaeltacht areas.

Mr. O'Donnell

The particulars requested are as follows:—

GRANTS ALLOCATED FOR WORKS OF PUBLIC SCHEMES

	1953/54	1954/55	1955/56
	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)
Authority	Grants for road upkeep and improvement work	Tourist Roads Grants	Special Grants for Bridge Works, etc.	Grants for schemes the technical aspects of which are administered through the Department	Grants for road upkeep and improve work	Tourist Roads Grants	Special Grants for Bridge Works, etc.	Grants for schemes the technical aspects of which are administered through the Department	Grants for road upkeep and improve work	Tourist Roads Grants	Special Grants for Bridge Works, etc.	Grants for schemes the technical aspects of which are administered through the Department
Employment Schemes	Scheme for improvement of roads serving the E.S.B turf fired generating stations	Scheme for the improvement for roads in Flor-Ghaetacht Areas	Employment Schemes	Scheme for the improvement of roads serving the E.S.B. turf fired generating stations	Scheme for the improvement for roads in Flor-Ghaeltacht Areas	Employment Schemes	Scheme for the improvement of roads serving the E.S.B. turf fired generating stations	Scheme for the improvement for roads in Flor-Ghaeltacht Areas
(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)
County Councils:	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Carlow	84,235	—	—	—	—	—	81,780	—	—	—	—	—	75,580	—	—	250	—	—
Cavan	174,412	10,000	—	1,250	—	—	173,888	10,000	—	1,750	—	—	160,990	10,000	—	1,250	—	—
Clare	221,140	35,000	—	255	—	—	220,172	35,000	15,000	1,500	70,950	—	211,872	35,000	—	1,500	—	—
Cork	578,742	55,000	288,750	1,500	—	—	583,806	55,000	—	3,500	—	—	573,006	55,000	14,750	2,450	—	—
Donegal	291,210	55,000	—	14,500	—	14,500	304,210	55,000	—	15,000	18,250	8,000	301,210	55,000	12,750	15,500	—	—
Dublin	155,972	—	—	—	—	—	145,122	—	—	300	—	—	139,902	—	—	900	—	—
Galway	306,282	55,000	—	8,000	—	13,800	323,250	55,000	16,200	7,000	7,500	25,896	305,800	55,000	—	7,500	—	—
Kerry	226,356	55,000	—	6,250	—	5,000	229,355	55,000	18,750	7,000	19,250	18,655	223,674	55,000	—	7,000	—	—
Kildare	173,317	—	27,500	—	—	—	176,677	—	—	—	—	—	162,937	—	7,500	—	—	—
Kilkenny	145,512	—	—	—	—	—	152,648	—	15,000	—	—	—	147,208	—	—	—	—	—
Laois	156,902	—	13,750	—	—	—	161,902	—	—	250	—	—	149,402	—	15,000	300	—	—
Leitrim	123,268	25,000	—	2,500	—	—	119,395	25,000	—	2,850	—	—	114,964	25,000	—	2,750	—	—
Limerick	194,012	—	—	300	—	—	189,612	—	—	1,250	—	—	185,860	—	—	800	—	—
Longford	96,418	—	19,500	1,000	—	—	99,528	—	—	900	—	—	92,768	—	—	550	—	—
Louth	62,692	—	5,400	—	—	—	65,123	—	—	—	—	—	65,040	—	—	—	—	—
Mayo	248,071	55,000	—	12,000	—	4,800	257,134	55,000	—	12,000	—	12,500	257,966	55,000	—	13,500	—	—
Meath	181,862	—	6,300	—	—	—	182,885	—	—	—	—	—	178,026	—	9,000	—	—	—
Monaghan	171,372	—	—	—	—	—	160,300	—	—	—	—	—	144,100	—	2,500	—	—	—
Offaly	121,268	—	—	—	—	—	126,268	—	—	250	—	—	120,268	—	—	250	—	—
Roscommon	196,444	25,000	—	250	—	—	192,720	25,000	3,375	1,050	—	—	189,273	25,000	—	1,250	—	—
Sligo	129,025	25,000	—	2,500	—	—	126,520	25,000	—	2,500	—	—	112,140	25,000	—	2,500	—	—
Tipperary, N.R.	144,895	—	—	—	—	—	156,333	—	6,750	250	—	—	149,319	—	7,500	—	—	—
Tipperary, S.R.	169,114	—	—	—	—	—	165,614	—	—	—	—	—	160,394	—	13,500	—	—	—
Waterford	137,328	5,000	—	250	—	—	136,721	5,000	8,000	—	—	—	132,921	5,000	15,000	—	—	—
Westmeath	123,486	—	11,000	147	—	—	134,300	—	—	250	—	—	131,700	—	24,750	300	—	—
Wexford	164,804	—	—	250	—	—	167,100	—	—	250	—	—	165,100	—	—	300	—	—
Wicklow	134,641	—	20,000	—	—	—	133,494	—	33,200	—	—	—	126,294	—	20,000	—	—	—
TOTALS	4,912,780	400,000	392,200	50,952	—	38,100	4,965,857	400,000	116,275	57,850	115,950	65,051	4,777,714	400,0
Totals for County Boroughs, Boroughs and Urban District Councils	71,789	—	31,250	294,605	—	—	135,685	—	—	240,942	—	—	5,422	—	202,500	190,865	—	—
TOTALS	4,984,569	400,000	423,450	345,557	—	38,100	5,101,542	400,000	116,275	298,792	115,950	65,051	4,783,136	400