Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 11 Mar 1997

Vol. 476 No. 2

Written Answers. - Roads Funding

Seamus Brennan

Question:

126 Mr. S. Brennan asked the Minister for the Environment if he will allocate funds for the section of the Green Route from Ballinteer Road to Grange Wood, or for any other part of that road; whether the construction of that link road to the Southern Cross Motorway will be funded through the National Roads Authority or by direct grant to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; his views on whether the construction of this road is an integral part of the ancillary roads required for the Southern Cross Route to be effective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6679/97]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

Overall responsibility for the planning and design of the Southern Cross Route, and the allocation of funds to finance its construction, including any necessary ancillary links, is a matter for the National Roads Authority. I have no proposals to allocate non-national road grants to finance works associated with the route.