Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 23 Apr 1991

Vol. 407 No. 3

Written Answers. - Roads Expenditure.

Ivan Yates

Question:

175 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of local authority finance spent on non-national primary and secondary roads each year since 1988 sourced from either (1) domestic rates, (2) support grants or (3) local authorities own revenue account; and if he will give the total expenditure on regional county and urban roads nationally from 1988 to date.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Flynn)

The only information available in my Department in the form requested by the Deputy is derived from the annual returns of expenditure by local authorities on the maintenance and improvement of public roads. Data for 1988 and 1989 are set out in the table below; comparable statistics for 1990 are not yet available.

Year	Regional	County	Urban
	Central	Local	Central	Local	Central	Local
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000	£000
1988	24,212	8,887	17,141	34,710	3,293	13,725
1989	25,901	9,305	27,927	38,522	4,903	12,938

Notes:

1. "Central Funds" means expenditure financed from Stateroad grants.

2. "Local Funds" means expenditure financed from local authorities own resources (including rate support grants).

3. The figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.