asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state in respect of each county council and each county borough council the total grants allotted by his Department for the current year under the following headings: (a) repair and improvement of (1) main roads and (2) county roads, (b) tourist road grants, (c) special grants for bridge works, (d) schemes, the technical aspects of which will be administered by his Department, (e) improvement of roads in Fíor-Ghaeltacht areas, (f) improvement of roads as substitutes for railways being cleared in such areas, and (g) any other grants; and if he will give the mileage of public roads in each local authority area.
Written Answers. - Road Grants.
116.
Following is the information:
Grants allocated for road works in the financial year 1963/64
|
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
(d)Grants for schemes the technical aspects of which are administered by the Department of Local Government |
(e) |
(f) |
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Authority |
1 |
2 |
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|
Main Road Upkeep and Improvement Grants |
County Road Improvement Grants |
Tourist Road Grants |
Special Grants for Bridges etc. |
Railway Closings Grants |
Other Grants |
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|
Special Employment Schemes Grants |
Fíor-Ghaeltacht Schemes Grants |
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|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
County Councils: |
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|
Carlow |
40,072 |
23,000 |
— |
21,860 |
850 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cavan |
95,500 |
91,800 |
10,000 |
— |
400 |
— |
45,000 |
— |
|
Clare |
132,149 |
133,800 |
35,000 |
— |
1,950 |
— |
35,000 |
36,700 |
|
Cork |
311,012 |
349,900 |
55,000 |
5,250 |
4,100 |
— |
60,000 |
100,000 |
|
Donegal |
156,133 |
234,000 |
55,000 |
— |
2,550 |
— |
75,000 |
— |
|
Dublin |
123,690 |
— |
— |
— |
2,500 |
— |
— |
67,590 |
|
Galway |
211,070 |
176,800 |
55,000 |
22,500 |
2,550 |
— |
— |
25,000 |
|
Kerry |
116,950 |
155,200 |
55,000 |
— |
2,500 |
— |
12,500 |
— |
|
Kildare |
89,663 |
13,600 |
— |
— |
900 |
— |
— |
135,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
78,309 |
48,200 |
— |
— |
1,200 |
— |
— |
76,500 |
|
Laoighis |
81,944 |
71,900 |
— |
572 |
2,650 |
— |
— |
45,000 |
|
Leitrim |
60,425 |
73,000 |
25,000 |
— |
400 |
— |
40,000 |
— |
|
Limerick |
107,990 |
87,100 |
— |
— |
2,500 |
— |
— |
67,000 |
|
Longford |
44,957 |
49,700 |
— |
9,750 |
450 |
— |
12,500 |
30,000 |
|
Louth |
33,072 |
13,900 |
— |
— |
200 |
— |
— |
30,000 |
|
Mayo |
169,300 |
175,700 |
55,000 |
— |
1,700 |
— |
12,500 |
— |
|
Meath |
103,968 |
— |
— |
22,500 |
900 |
— |
— |
100,000 |
|
Monaghan |
70,283 |
90,600 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
45,000 |
— |
|
Offaly |
76,060 |
52,700 |
— |
— |
2,000 |
— |
— |
50,000 |
|
Roscommon |
106,307 |
111,500 |
25,000 |
— |
450 |
— |
— |
20,000 |
|
Sligo |
56,850 |
72,100 |
25,000 |
— |
200 |
— |
45,000 |
— |
|
Tipperary NR |
75,364 |
32,800 |
— |
— |
850 |
— |
— |
75,000 |
|
Tipperary SR |
106,799 |
39,000 |
— |
— |
400 |
— |
— |
76,500 |
|
Waterford |
75,631 |
74,400 |
5,000 |
— |
300 |
— |
20,000 |
— |
|
Westmeath |
74,085 |
63,200 |
— |
22,500 |
1,250 |
— |
15,000 |
65,000 |
|
Wexford |
89,600 |
122,700 |
— |
— |
450 |
— |
— |
40,000 |
|
Wicklow |
80,767 |
46,400 |
— |
— |
800 |
— |
— |
65,000 |
|
County Boroughs: |
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|
Cork |
48,250 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Dublin |
468,500 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Limerick |
40,750 |
— |
— |
32,400 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Waterford |
17,135 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
NOTE 1. The Main Road Upkeep Grant figures included under (a) 1 are estimates based on the 1962/63 provisions except in the case of Monaghan and Wexford where the figures included are the actual main road Upkeep Grant allocations for 1963/64.
NOTE 2. The figures in column (f) include special Arterial Road Improvement Grants and in the case of County Clare, a special grant for the Limerick-Shannon Road.
NOTE 3. As regards the mileage of public roads in each area the latest figures are those given on 14 March, 1963 under (g) in the reply to a previous question by the Deputy. (No. 16 of 14 March, 1963).