asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state the total amount of motor tax, including that on lorries, tractors, motor cycles, etc., collected in each county during the year 1959, and the total Road Fund grant allocated to each county during that period.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Motor Tax Revenue: Road Fund Grants.
40.
The amount of motor tax collected in each county in the year 1959 was furnished in reply to a Question by Deputy T. Lynch on 29th March. As the remainder of the information requested by the Deputy is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the official report.
TOTAL Road Fund grants allocated to each county council in the financial year ended 31st March, 1960.
|
County Council |
Total Grant Allocated |
|
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
71,906 |
|
Cavan |
192,384 |
|
Clare |
234,782 |
|
Cork |
673,056 |
|
Donegal |
431,742 |
|
Dublin |
124,231 |
|
Galway |
343,772 |
|
Kerry |
309,064 |
|
Kildare |
137,694 |
|
Kilkenny |
146,746 |
|
Laois |
120,735 |
|
Leitrim |
175,624 |
|
Limerick |
205,142 |
|
Longford |
72,888 |
|
Louth |
72,040 |
|
Mayo |
310,231 |
|
Meath |
161,298 |
|
Monaghan |
172,740 |
|
Offaly |
100,268 |
|
Roscommon |
203,632 |
|
Sligo |
170,936 |
|
Tipperary N.R. |
116,417 |
|
Tipperary S.R. |
141,278 |
|
Waterford |
127,421 |
|
Westmeath |
109,618 |
|
Wexford |
155,100 |
|
Wicklow |
142,361 |
NOTES:
The grants given include:
(a) main road upkeep grant—in the case of the following county councils this item has not been finally fixed yet and provisional figures have been included for them, viz.: Carlow, Galway, Leitrim and Wicklow;
(b) main road improvement grant;
(c) county road improvement grant;
(d) tourist road grant, confined to following county councils, viz.: Cavan, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Waterford;
(e) special grants for bridges to following county councils, viz.: Carlow, Clare, Donegal, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick, Louth, Meath and Wicklow.
In addition to the figures given there are provisional commitments in respect of certain bridges where increases in cost, etc. are likely to arise.
(f) Grants provided with the aid of the Road Fund (Grants and Advances) (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1959, to the following county councils to enable them to deal with road problems created by (i) railway closings or (ii) large-scale industrial development:
(i) Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo;
(ii) Cork, Leitrim, Limerick, Monaghan, Roscommon and Wicklow.