asked the Minister for Local Government whether, as Urban Councils have no representation on the County Councils who distribute the Motor Tax, steps will be taken to provide that, as in the case of Borough Councils, sums from this Tax should be reserved in favour of Urban areas, from which a large amount of this Tax is derived.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. [ORAL ANSWERS.] - URBAN AREAS AND MOTOR TAX.
There is no power under existing law to make grants from the Road Fund direct to Urban District Councils as such.
When approving of local schemes for allocation of Road Grants, every care will be taken to secure that no unfair discrimination will arise as against roads in urban districts.