Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 March 2013
251. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of direct Government funding provided to each local authority for road maintenance for each of the past five years; the amount of funding used for road maintenance by each local authority from their own resources for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15876/13]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.
Booklets outlining allocations from my Department for each local authority are available in the Oireachtas Library for each year up to 2013. In addition, booklets detailing the actual outturn figures for each local authority in respect of regional and local roads are also available in the Dail Library for each year up to 2012.
Due to its large size a table, which sets out local authorities' own resource contributions over the last five years, has been forwarded separately to the Deputy. The amounts in the table are inclusive of development levies.
