Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 25 Nov 1986

Vol. 370 No. 2

Written Answers. - Government Grants to Roscommon County Concil.

57.

Mr. Naughten

asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of finance provided to Roscommon County Council since 1981 under the headings of: (1) housing loans; (2) local authority housing; (3) disabled person's grants; (4) national primary roads; (5) national secondary roads and (6) block grants.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Boland)

The information sought is set out in the following tabular statement:

House Purchase and Improvement Loans

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
3,620	3,420	3,150	2,483	2,071	1,529

Housing Finance Agency

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
—	—	751	1,043	378	228†

Local Authority Housing

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
975	1,436	2,010	2,530	1,838	1,505

Disabled Persons Grant

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
63	133	117	123	109	64‡

National Primary Roads

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
730	863	756	693	1,390	*

National Secondary Roads

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
431	838	977	932	1,160	*

Block Road Grant

1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
338	338	266	352	392	*

* The 1986 road grant allocations were notified under the following headings:

	£000
Major improvement works	140
Other specific improvement works	1,495
Block grant	625
Maintenance of national roads	873

Each of the allocations refers to more than one road classification. Information in the form requested by the Deputy will be available when the road grant payments from 1986 have been fully maintained.

‡ Allocation to 21 November, 1986.

‡ Allocation to 31 October, 1986.