Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 15 February 2018
256. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each district electoral division in County Tipperary is allocated its share of the non-national road grant based on the number and length of the tertiary and local county roads in the district; the way in which the grant has been allocated in the past five years, by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7858/18]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant County Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council.
My Department allocates funding at local authority level and allocations to individual Municipal Districts are a matter for the Council.
Tipperary County Council is best placed to advise the Deputy in relation to the rationale for the funding decisions taken within the County in the past five years.
