Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 27 Apr 1999

Vol. 503 No. 6

Written Answers. - Roads Funding.

John V. Farrelly

Question:

182 Mr. Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the amount of moneys allocated by his Department and the National Roads Authority for each of the years since 1993 for the upgrading of national and regional roads, proposed new roads and the northern motorway; the amount allocated for the county road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10664/99]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey)

The amount of money made available to the National Roads Authority for national road improvements in the years 1993-99 is as follows:

1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m	£m
242.000	173.625	192.305	202.795	231.880	263.356	311.667

The allocation of grants to individual road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority.

Details of non-national roads grant payments for the years 1993-6, inclusive, are contained in the booklet State Grant Payments to Local Authorities for National, Non-National and Non-Public Accommodation Roads and own resources expenditure by Local Authorities on National and Non-National Roads in the period 1989-97 which is available in the Oireachtas Library.

Details of 1997 and 1998 payments and 1999 allocations are as follows:

Year	Non-National Road Grants Payments (Excluding Local Improvements Scheme)
	£
1997	174,847,000
1998	201,997,015
*1999*	232,478,258

*Allocation

It should be noted that non-national road grant payments/allocations are not sub-divided on the basis of road category.