Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 2 Mar 1993

Vol. 427 No. 2

Written Answers. - N84 Road Improvements.

Enda Kenny

Question:

101 Mr. E. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of money allocated to the national secondary route between Headford, County Galway and Shrule, County Mayo, in each of the years from 1988 to 1992; if proposals have been finalised for improvement of this roadway; the funds to be allocated during 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. M. Smith)

Details of maintenance grants assigned to national secondary roads in County Galway and in County Mayo during the period are set out in the following table:

	Galway County	Mayo County
	£000	£000
1988	825	1,046
1989	819	1,046
1990	838	1,068
1991	850	1,081
1992	850	1,071

These grants totalled £4.182 million to Galway County Council and £5.312 million to Mayo County Council. The programme of works to be carried out with these grants is primarily a matter for the local authorities concerned and details of the extent to which the grants were assigned to the N84 between Headford and Shrule are not available in my Department. A road improvement grant of £80,000 was also paid to Galway County Council in 1991 for the provision of hardshoulders on the N84 at Headford.

The planning and development of road improvement projects on national roads is also a matter, in the first instance, for the relevant local authority. No proposals have been submitted to my Department for the improvement of the section of roadway in question.

I hope to be in a position shortly to determine, and to notify to local authorities, the road grant allocations for 1993. Pending determination of these grants, I cannot indicate the amount which will be available for specific sections of national secondary roads.