asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the total expenditure from public funds, whether local or central, on public roads within the State in each of the last five financial years, showing, if possible, the amount expended on (a) the making of new roads, (b) road widening and improvements, and (c) road maintenance.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Expenditure on Roads.
asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the public funds, whether local or central, from which public moneys are expended on public roads within the State, and the amount expended on public roads, including expenditure on the making of new roads, the widening and improvement of roads and road maintenance, from each such fund in each of the last five financial years.
With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 44 together and as the reply includes a tabular statement to circulate it with the Official Report.
All expenditure on the public roads in the country is met out of the local road authorities' funds in the first instance and where a grant has been made available from a State source recoupment from that source is made at different times. In any financial year, therefore, the expenditure from each source would not reflect the overall position of expenditure on road work within the year. I am, therefore, giving the provisions for road works in each year so far as they are available in the Department. The bulk of these provisions are naturally expended on works within the year.
Separate particulars are not available to show the amounts applicable to the making of new roads or widening of existing roads. Such particulars are included under the heading of improvements.
|
Source |
1950/51 |
1951/52 |
1952/53 |
1953/54 |
1954/55 |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Road Fund |
2,550,753 |
2,687,973 |
3,507,071 |
4,408,782 |
4,121,542 |
|
National Development Fund |
— |
— |
— |
1,037,637 |
1,565,051 |
|
Department's Vote |
— |
— |
— |
400,000 |
— |
|
Employment and Emerg ency Schemes Vote |
229,306 |
206,669 |
232,831 |
345,557 |
298,79 |
|
Department of Industry and Commerce |
— |
— |
— |
— |
120,00 |
|
Local authorities' funds: |
|||||
|
(a) Revenue |
2,800,057 |
3,418,304 |
3,960,248 |
4,296,441 |
4,503,768 |
|
(b) Raised by loan |
162,980 |
172,050 |
241,717 |
173,179 |
40,116 |
|
TOTALS |
5,743,096 |
6,484,996 |
7,941,867 |
10,661,596 |
10,649,269 |
|
Road Maintenance |
3,268,221 |
3,923,950 |
4,493,987 |
4,881,473 |
5,084,154 |
|
Road Improvements |
2,474,875 |
2,561,046 |
3,447,880 |
5,780,123 |
5,565,115 |
|
TOTALS |
5,743,096 |
6,484,996 |
7,941,867 |
10,661,596 |
10,649,269 |