Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 1 Feb 1977

Vol. 296 No. 4

Written Answers. - Road Fund Allocations.

146.

Mr. Faulkner

asked the Minister for Local Government the total allocation from the Road Fund to each local authority in 1974, 1975 and 1976; and the actual amount expended in each case.

Minister for Local Government (Mr. Tully)

The Road Fund grant allocations are as shown in the tables below.

The information required by the Deputy on payments in respect of grants to each local authority is being compiled and will be forwarded to him as soon as possible. The Deputy will appreciate that payments made in a particular year are not necessarily related to the grant allocations made in that year.

County Councils	Transitional period ended 31/12/74	Year ended 31/12/75	Year ended 31/12/76
	£	£	£
Carlow	134,960	188,997	178,606
Cavan	333,240	394,330	435,000
Clare	583,970	735,758	563,500
Cork	1,106,220	1,606,814	1,504,500
Donegal	769,450	981,730	1,061,000
Dublin	1,813,710	2,173,000	1,971,500
Galway	570,670	787,450	695,550
Kerry	614,540	740,630	674,452
Kildare	417,560	548,010	465,500
Kilkenny	343,280	436,840	287,500
Laois	292,340	407,583	321,000
Leitrim	292,680	245,350	330,000
Limerick	590,300	718,070	539,000
Longford	238,690	369,100	280,500
Louth	379,600	369,890	305,500
Mayo	625,390	828,810	915,600
Meath	460,010	503,630	688,000
Monaghan	269,630	330,190	268,500
Offaly	168,830	408,420	272,500
Roscommon	394,040	505,430	426,000
Sligo	277,100	354,340	336,000
Tipperary NR	284,480	348,140	285,500
Tipperary SR	433,540	572,110	429,957
Waterford	293,360	346,000	281,000
Westmeath	267,460	340,650	433,000
Wexford	613,634	902,700	736,443
Wicklow	441,166	638,920	362,500
Major Urbans
Cork	254,170	408,130	420,700
Dublin	1,743,140	2,191,900	2,602,000
Limerick	258,600	210,470	323,000
Waterford	156,910	215,860	349,000
Dún Laoghaire	128,750	56,340	591,800
Drogheda	150,340	550,800	550,500
Dundalk	54,140	110,800	96,000
Galway	74,785	109,557	109,000

Borough Corporations and Urban District Councils	1974 (9 months)	1975	1976
	£	£	£
Arklow Urban District Council	5,949	26,852	4,750
Athlone	,,	6,293	4,557	14,625
Athy	,,	1,049	6,065	2,500
Ballina	,,	4,633	13,970	5,250
Ballinasloe	,,	1,804	3,572	4,375
Birr	,,	1,244	2,458	3,000
Bray	,,	5,525	5,967	7,250
Buncrana	,,	2,259	4,512	5,625
Bundoran	,,	1,416	2,821	3,500
Carlow	,,	5,480	6,906	3,500
Carrickmacross	,,	1,614	2,719	1,500
Carrick-on-Suir	,,	3,797	5,562	4,375
Cashel	,,	614	1,219	1,500
Castlebar	,,	3,320	5,627	3,000
Castleblayney	,,	1,309	612	1,750
Cavan	,,	3,034	8,047	2,500
Ceanannus Mór	,,	317	622	750
Clonakilty	,,	4,942	9,843	5,250
Clones	,,	605	1,207	1,500
Clonmel Corporation	7,185	13,294	18,625
Cobh Urban District Council	2,159	4,305	5,250
Dungarvan	,,	5,288	4,550	6,125
Ennis	,,	1,824	3,599	4,375
Enniscorthy	,,	13,790	6,853	4,375
Fermoy	,,	840	1,653	2,000
Kilkenny Corporation	7,463	4,920	6,065
Killarney Urban District Council	6,780	9,540	6,875
Kilrush	,,	1,228	2,437	3,000
Kinsale	,,	1,436	2,848	3,500
Letterkenny	,,	3,760	3,513	10,375
Listowel	,,	1,052	2,070	2,500
Longford	,,	455	873	1,000
Macroom	,,	2,452	4,856	6,000
Mallow	,,	1,794	3,559	4,375
Midleton	,,	4,852	1,669	9,000
Monaghan	,,	5,215	1,446	4,750
Naas	,,	5,306	5,574	5,625
Navan	,,	3,630	1,252	4,000
Nenagh	,,	4,254	5,472	17,000
New Ross	,,	1,267	2,489	3,000
Skibbereen	,,	1,230	2,440	3,000
Sligo Corporation	,,	8,935	14,780	26,500
Templemore Urban District Council	1,024	2,032	2,500
Thurles	,,	1,242	2,456	3,000
Tipperary	,,	2,842	3,656	2,000
Tralee	,,	17,489	122,419	27,142
Trim	,,	329	639	750
Tullamore	,,	2,300	4,567	5,625
Westport	,,	2,103	4,230	5,250
Wexford Corporation	,,	10,469	4,929	20,060
Wicklow Urban District Council	1,824	3,599	4,375
Youghal	,,	1,835	3,613	4,375