asked the Minister for Local Government if he will take steps to increase the present level of grants to local authorities for county roads.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Road Grants.
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The already high level of grants for county road improvement schemes has been maintained in counties where half the mileage of these roads has not yet been provided with dust-free surfaces. Where the dust-free percentage exceeds 50 lower levels of allocation are applied in proportion to the excess. I see no necessity for increasing the present level of these grants in counties such as South Tipperary where 82.6 per cent of the county roads have already been made dust-free. The councils of such counties gain by increased allocation of other road grants.