Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
626. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding and construction of the Malahide Road bypass at Clare Hall, Dublin 13, which is a key infrastructural development for the completion of the north fringe of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39971/16]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable.
Arising from the introduction of the Local Property Tax and the Government commitment that local authorities will retain 80% of the tax revenues, the four Dublin Councils became self funding for regional and local roads under the main road grant categories from 2015.
However, in relation to infrastructure for development, as part of the Government's Housing Action Plan, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government and the Minister for Public Expenditure Reform have put in place the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) target investment in enabling infrastructure to activate large housing development areas to deliver additional supply of social and private housing.
The Deputy may wish to ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if any proposal has been put forward by the relevant local authority regarding the infrastructure he refers to.
