Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 19 Oct 1994

Vol. 446 No. 1

Written Answers. - Funding for National and Non-National Roads.

Andrew Boylan

Question:

102 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of money, excluding European grants, allocated by him for all road works by county for the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1639/94]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. M. Smith)

A total of over £300 million has been provided for national and non-national roads in 1994.

Grant allocations totalling £106.4 million have been made to local authorities in 1994 for the maintenance and improvement of non-national roads. Details of the allocations notified to individual authorities in February and May 1994 are set out in the reply to Question No. 72 of 24 May, 1994. These allocations include £33.6 million under the EU co-financed scheme of specific improvement grants for non-national roads, which, although paid initially from the Exchequer, are expected to qualify for EU aid at the rate of 50 per cent. The allocations made in May 1994 to individual local authorities under the EU co-financed scheme are set out in the accompanying table.

A provision of £194.787 million is included in the Department's Vote this year for the maintenance and improvement of national roads. It was a matter for the National Roads Authority to determine the allocation of this provision among local authorities. Some £120 million of this expenditure is expected to qualify for EU aid totalling about £94 million.

1994 EU Co-Financed Grant Allocations for Non-National Roads.

County Council	£
Carlow	315,000
Cavan	1,150,000
Clare	2,300,000
Cork	3,350,000
Donegal	1,872,000
Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown	730,000
Fingal	500,000
Galway	1,610,000
Kerry	1,482,000
Kildare	905,000
Kilkenny	810,000
Laoighis	813,000
Leitrim	715,000
Limerick	1,071,000
Longford	585,000
Louth	550,000
Mayo	1,566,000
Meath	1,130,000
Monaghan	960,000
Offaly	820,000
Roscommon	1,382,000
Sligo	875,000
South Dublin	725,000
Tipperary N.R.	773,000
Tipperary S.R.	838,000
Waterford	850,000
Westmeath	596,000
Wexford	736,000
Wicklow	1,144,000
Urban Authority
Cork Corporation	200,000
Dublin Corporation	50,000
Galway Corporation	150,000
Limerick Corporation	120,000
Waterford Corporation	140,000
Clonmel Corporation	77,000
Drogheda Corporation	100,000
Sligo Corporation	90,000
Wexford Corporation	250,000
Dundalk UDC	100,000
Buncrana UDC	100,000
Clonakilty UDC	85,000
Enniscorthy UDC	175,000
Killarney UDC	500,000
Thurles UDC	75,000
Tralee UDC	80,000
Tullamore UDC	75,000
Westport UDC	80,000
Total	33,600,000