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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 9 May 1989

Vol. 389 No. 7

Written Answers. - County Donegal Roads.

32.

asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the extremely poor condition of roads in County Donegal which are becoming impassible because of large potholes which continue to get worse; when he intends to make money available to Donegal County Council to repair the roads; and the amount of money he proposes to allocate.

I am aware of the condition of roads in County Donegal.

I assume the Deputy's question is mainly concerned with the networks of regional and county roads which are primarily the responsibility of the local authority. Because of my concern about the condition of these roads, I have made substantial increases in the levels of road grant funding for them since 1987. The 1989 discretionary road grants allocations notified for regional and county roads to county councils amount to £47.4 million, compared with £33.4 million in 1988 and £23.0 million in 1986. The £47.4 million is the first instalment of the three year programme of works on regional and county roads which I announced earlier this year. The programme covers the period 1989 to 1991 and will cost £150 million in discretionary State road grants.

The 1989 discretionary road grant allocations notified to Donegal County Council for regional and county roads amount to £3.826 million which represents an increase of £1.271 million, or 50 per cent, on the grant payments under equivalent headings in 1988.

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