asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state (a) the total amounts allocated by county councils for the improvement, restoration and maintenance of county roads in 1938-39, 1948-49, 1949-50; (b) the amount contributed from the Special Employment Schemes Vote for county road works for the same periods; (c) the grants from the Road Fund for the two latter periods; (d) the total of (a), (b) and (c); and (e) each total as given at (a), (b), (c) and (d) expressed per mile of county roads for the same period.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Maintenance of County Roads.
The reply is in the form of a tabular statement which, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Reports.
The following is the statement:—
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Net provision by County Councils out of rates for County Road Improvement, Restoration and Maintenance |
Grants allocated from the Road Fund for County Road Improvement and Restoration |
Total Mileage of County Roads |
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£ |
£ |
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1938/39 |
853,076 |
— |
37,550 |
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1948/49 |
1,295,024 |
1,312,183 |
38,908 |
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1949/50 |
1,496,865 |
1,200,000 |
Not yet available. |
Separate figures for county roads in respect of grants from the Employment and Emergency Schemes Vote are not available.