Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 January 2018
313. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the allocation to Monaghan County Council for the non-national roads maintenance programme for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2618/18]
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.
While there is a reduction of about €8 million in current funding budget for 2018, there is a significant increase in capital funding to approx. €381 million.
I will be notifying local authorities of their grant allocations shortly. As in previous years I will be aiming to allocate funding on as equitable basis as possible taking road lengths within each local authority area into account.
