asked the Minister for Local Government if he has considered making supplementary grants available to those counties which have been affected by the recent heavy snowfall in order to maintain normal employment of road workers to the end of the financial year.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Supplementary Road Grants.
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I am prepared to regard snow clearance operations on main roads as maintenance work for the purpose of the main road upkeep grant and to increase the grants already allocated under that heading in the current year in line with any increases in expenditure authorised by county councils.