Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 June 2004
199 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been sought and will be granted for making permanent a bridge over the Tramore river on Kinsale Road, which incorporates the Cork city boundary. [17116/04]
View answerThe improvement of non-national roads and bridges in Cork city is a matter for Cork City Council. Such schemes are funded from the authority's own resources supplemented by grants from my Department.
In July 2003, local authorities were invited by my Department to submit applications for improvement works, including bridge works, on non-national roads, for consideration for funding in 2004 under the EU co-financed specific improvement grants scheme. While Cork City Council's application for funding in 2004 under this scheme included an application for funding of €50,000 in 2004 in respect of improvement works to the bridge over the Tramore River on Kinsale Road, this project was not among the council's projects selected for funding in 2004. All applications submitted under this scheme were considered in my Department having regard to EU eligibility criteria, the need to prioritise projects, competing demands from other local authorities and the funds available for the scheme in 2004.
My Department will again be seeking applications under the EU co-financed specific improvement grants scheme later this year and it will, of course, be open to the council to submit a funding application for consideration under this scheme in 2005.
