Dessie Ellis
Question:459. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will release any extra funding to address the serious deterioration of roads here. [43432/13]
View answerTuesday, 15 October 2013
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As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for overall policy and funding for the national roads programme. The implementation of individual national road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority, NRA, under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. The 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 2013 road grants have now been fully allocated and there are no further funds available from which an additional allocation could be made. It is worth noting however, that an additional €50 million was provided to local authorities in June this year for works on regional and local roads under a mini-stimulus plan. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded from this additional funding was also a matter for the local authority.