Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 April 2018
531. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which funding can be made available to the various local authorities in order to address damage to roads arising from inclement weather conditions over the winter months; if Kildare County Council can receive such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18053/18]
View answerThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of local authorities, 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 local authority.
I announced the 2018 regional and local road allocations on 29th January and all grant funding available to my Department has now been allocated. It is a matter for each Council to determine its priorities and decide its work programme on that basis, taking available grant funding and its own resources into account. There is no additional funding available to my Department at present.
