Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 8 Mar 1972

Vol. 259 No. 8

Written Answer. - Road Expenditure.

66.

Mr. Blaney

asked the Minister for Local Government (a) if he will give details of all road expenditure in each local authority area during the past three years and the amount contributed in each case by (i) the Government grant and (ii) rates; and (b) if he will state in detail the proposed road grant allocations for the coming financial year.

Minister for Local Government (Mr. Molloy)

The following is the information requested: (a) (As in Tabular Statement); (b) The road grant allocation for 1972-73 will be announced shortly.

Following is the statement:

COUNTY COUNCILS.

ROADS EXPENDITURE.

		1968-69			1969-70		1970-71 (Estimated)
County	Grant	Rates	Total	Grant	Rates	Total	Grant	Rates	Total
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Carlow	129,128	100,344	229,472	103,300	117,562	220,862	96,025	162,998	259,023
Cavan	246,264	221,437	467,701	251,416	230,583	481,999	315,821	267,249	583,070
Clare	399,776	275,735	675,511	393,535	291,038	684,573	446,575	338,709	785,284
Cork	742,665	915,526	1,658,191	1,011,771	1,049,297	2,061,068	1,035,271	1,196,689	2,231,960
Donegal	534,729	327,797	862,526	567,027	362,256	929,283	613,474	408,929	1,022,403
Dublin	250,619	385,716	636,335	283,839	434,468	718,307	820,822	564,095	1,384,917
Galway	547,611	414,457	962,068	543,441	451,074	994,515	637,629	502,881	1,140,510
Kerry	360,433	259,439	619,872	399,852	385,573	785,425	444,593	332,437	777,030
Kildare	310,891	206,317	517,208	275,682	230,082	505,764	479,565	248,985	728,550
Kilkenny	199,120	199,621	398,741	230,387	211,260	441,647	278,308	232,796	511,104
Laoighis	239,594	147,998	387,592	259,760	160,298	420,058	315,428	175,117	490,545
Leitrim	152,598	120,955	273,553	159,269	142,122	301,391	213,307	169,805	383,112
Limerick	283,256	279,514	562,770	318,546	307,682	626,228	351,581	361,919	713,500
Longford	134,641	126,323	260,964	125,153	127,009	252,162	159,236	130,450	289,686
Louth	173,578	125,099	298,677	197,353	144,221	341,574	496,268	159,550	655,818
Mayo	603,556	370,086	973,642	596,315	424,035	1,020,350	569,074	522,590	1,091,664
Meath	281,158	321,278	602,436	343,865	336,808	680,673	388,594	350,824	739,418
Monaghan	201,457	233,996	435,453	230,064	266,870	496,934	250,554	316,360	566,914
Offaly	205,715	127,674	333,389	141,685	128,852	270,537	176,890	136,919	313,809
Roscommon	291,731	300,304	592,035	353,284	328,516	681,800	416,466	371,860	788,326
Sligo	206,864	141,363	348,227	225,447	147,956	373,403	248,710	169,222	417,932
Tipperary N.	203,581	186,804	390,385	254,995	222,560	477,555	299,081	221,827	520,908
Tipperary S.	245,456	253,741	499,197	272,680	297,905	570,585	359,277	346,068	705,345
Waterford	181,272	205,838	387,110	185,657	223,399	409,056	271,037	250,748	521,785
Westmeath	211,984	171,335	383,319	227,516	168,183	395,699	251,031	184,272	435,303
Wexford	338,103	258,547	596,650	415,336	285,233	700,569	401,746	285,250	686,996
Wicklow	152,862	191,895	344,757	212,041	289,519	501,560	259,079	283,021	542,100

The figures for 1970-71 are estimates based on (1) the grants allocated to Local Authorities and (2) the rates provision by each Local Authority in th at year.

COUNTY BOROUGH AND URBAN ROADS EXPENDITURE.

	1968-69	1969-70	1970-71
Authority	Grant	Rates	Total	Grant	Rates	Total	Grant	Rates	(Estimated) Total
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
County Boroughs:
Cork	108,267	103,270	211,537	102,050	131,926	233,976	183,538	218,766	402,304
Dublin	826,170	821,211	1,647,381	954,223	995,139	1,949,362	1,386,557	1,231,515	2,618,072
Limerick	33,771	31,012	64,783	37,266	26,334	63,600	103,286	69,811	173,097
Waterford	60,090	21,898	81,988	67,622	25,558	93,180	108,126	50,587	148,713
Dun Laoghaire	184,456	74,490	258,946	112,092	83,649	195,741	124,323	141,129	265,452
Urban Districts:
An Uaimh	1,496	405	1,901	27	—	27	—	898	898
Arklow	830	2,164	2,994	—	3,097	3,097	1,695	2,951	3,646
Athlone	2,201	3,699	5,900	1,452	5,611	7,063	1,237	7,612	8,849
Athy	600	482	1,082	625	250	875	605	453	1,058
Ballina	2,435	3,059	5,494	1,957	4,446	6,373	1,331	4,450	5,781
Ballinasloe	690	2,234	2,924	1,896	2,293	4,189	866	3,183	4,049
Birr	2,220	1,724	3,944	563	1,078	1,641	29	1,260	1,289
Bray	3,372	15,301	18,673	554	7,080	7,634	3,872	9,885	13,757
Buncrana	2,046	1,847	3,893	1,459	1,312	2,771	1,436	1,922	3,358
Bundoran	715	1,198	1,913	481	1,297	1,778	1,479	1,682	3,161
Carlow	847	1,687	2,534	847	1,479	2,326	5,928	3,487	9,415
Carrickmacross	1,076	530	1,606	—	596	596	363	762	1,125
Carrick-on-Suir	507	1,152	1,659	933	705	1,638	1,151	650	1,801
Cashel	26	—	26	842	14	856	382	150	532
Castlebar	834	1,855	2,689	484	2,200	2,684	482	7,238	7,720
Castleblayney	450	129	579	120	92	212	121	193	314
Cavan	800	244	1,044	—	177	177	—	327	327
Ceanannus-Mór	476	718	1,194	222	568	790	132	1,039	1,171
Clonakilty	779	253	1,032	1,996	300	2,296	2,253	500	2,753
Clones	550	300	850	—	674	674	363	293	656
Clonmel	3,244	9,391	12,635	2,410	14,180	16,590	11,314	15,911	27,225
Cobh	1,167	5,521	6,688	777	7,303	8,080	1,436	10,175	11,611
Drogheda	62,156	11,961	74,117	98,757	12,675	111,432	72,701	20,890	93,591
Dundalk	76,297	16,409	92,706	34,866	18,543	53,409	75,051	43,455	118,506
Dungarvan	1,333	1,825	3,158	1,372	2,248	3,620	6,502	2,500	9,002
Ennis	2,843	1,557	4,400	—	1,258	1,258	1,374	2,962	4,336
Enniscorthy	1,324	642	1,966	2,057	1,258	3,315	184	664	848
Fermoy	1,285	4,436	5,721	1,484	4,033	5,517	1,485	4,393	5,878
Galway	6,795	11,244	18,040	5,816	12,807	18,623	3,460	15,468	18,928
Kilkenny	3,473	6,530	10,003	1,573	7,968	9,541	5,754	8,385	14,139
Killarney	923	3,347	4,270	—	5,487	5,487	2,129	4,343	6,472
Kilrush	2,202	611	2,813	708	532	1,240	241	706	947
Kinsale	260	145	405	587	150	737	895	1,300	2,195
Letterkenny	1,597	2,255	3,852	1,719	2,811	4,530	5,102	3,870	8,972
Listowel	1,101	1,105	2,206	1,210	899	2,109	605	1,035	1,640
Longford	2,260	806	3,066	242	219	461	35	222	257
Macroom	2,126	310	2,436	1,586	300	1,886	2,359	750	3,109
Mallow	803	3,541	4,344	1,097	3,486	4,583	1,418	4,346	5,764
Midleton	484	2,281	2,765	—	1,240	1,240	—	1,792	1,792
Monaghan	470	739	1,209	3,012	828	3,840	1,958	1,070	3,028
Naas	1,379	541	1,920	—	1,965	1,965	—	2,040	2,040
Nenagh	844	1,150	1,894	17	1,644	1,661	2,798	1,180	3,978
New Ross	—	1,225	1,225	1,318	1,487	2,805	2,815	1,850	4,665
Skibbereen	1,137	149	1,286	1,042	300	1,342	6,766	1,485	8,251
Sligo	21,241	24,211	45,452	19,098	25,224	44,322	12,842	8,672	21,514
Templemore	31	818	849	1,121	770	1,891	637	625	1,262
Thurles	953	1,354	2,307	373	1,213	1,586	782	1,635	2,417
Tipperary	1,766	931	2,697	40	851	891	540	1,350	1,890
Tralee	6,869	2,972	9,841	1,842	2,068	3,910	1,840	3,873	5,713
Trim	368	470	838	217	—	217	160	290	450
Tullamore	1,403	2,734	4,137	1,433	2,223	3,656	4,330	4,607	8,937
Westport	400	1,520	1,920	1,331	1,650	2,981	2,742	1,391	4,133
Wexford	4,773	3,181	7,954	1,573	2,173	3,746	1,573	2,304	3,877
Wicklow	2,389	1,881	4,270	1,172	1,127	2,299	1,116	1,872	2,988
Youghal	1,088	1,002	2,090	1,132	1,000	2,132	2,202	1,250	3,452

The figures for 1970-71 are estimates based on (1) the grants allocated to local authorities and (2) the rates provision by each local authority in th at year.