Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 April 2014
682. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal position in relation to cattle travelling on roads upgraded on the community involvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17342/14]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is a statutory function of each road authority within its area, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads, including community involvement schemes, are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources, supplemented by State road grants. Section 13 (10) outlines the responsibility of individuals to ensure, where cattle frequently cross public roads, that dung or urine does not build up so as to cause danger to road users or indeed damage the public road itself. This section also states that where a person does anything in contravention of this, a road authority may remove any defacement, repair any damage, remove any material, and may recover from such person, as a simple contract debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, any costs reasonably incurred by it.
