Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2006
706 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding Wexford County Council received for rural roads for each year from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34579/06]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of non-national roads in County Wexford is a matter for Wexford County Council to be financed from its own resources supplemented by State road grants provided by my Department.
Details of the total non-national road grant payments from my Department to Wexford County Council from 2000 to 2005 and the initial 2006 allocation are set out in the following table:
|
€ |
|
|
2000 |
10,276,554 |
|
2001 |
11,248,648 |
|
2002 |
12,239,796 |
|
2003 |
12,592,418 |
|
2004 |
12,819,963 |
|
2005 |
14,478,240 |
|
2006 (allocation) |
16,733,657 |
Responsibility for national roads is a matter for the relevant local authority and the National Roads Authority which operates under the aegis of my colleague the Minister for Transport.
