asked the Minister for the Environment the total amount of road grants paid to each county council and urban council for 1985 in block grant, and national primary and national secondary roads grants; and the amount allocated to each county council and urban council for 1986.
Written Answers. - Road Grant Statistics.
71.
Following is a breakdown of road grant payments made to local authorities in 1985, which is generally in the form requested by the Deputy:
|
Authority |
National Primary Roads |
National Secondary Roads |
Other Roads |
Block Grant |
Total |
|
County Councils |
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|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
1,633,000 |
419,000 |
63,000 |
154,000 |
2,269,000 |
|
Cavan |
808,100 |
487,000 |
433,900 |
488,000 |
2,177,000 |
|
Clare |
813,030 |
1,614,770 |
475,200 |
584,000 |
3,487,000 |
|
Cork |
8,437,250 |
2,627,586 |
1,475,164 |
1,360,000 |
13,900,000 |
|
Donegal |
2,300,990 |
2,020,123 |
1,108,881 |
945,000 |
6,375,000 |
|
Dublin |
13,490,293 |
1,522,207 |
3,598,500 |
810,000 |
19,421,000 |
|
Galway |
2,209,652 |
1,613,129 |
772,219 |
683,000 |
5,283,000 |
|
Kerry |
2,193,857 |
1,689,000 |
801,143 |
571,000 |
5,255,000 |
|
Kildare |
4,329,796 |
120,145 |
595,059 |
340,000 |
5,385,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
3,563,000 |
602,000 |
488,000 |
367,000 |
5,020,000 |
|
Laoighis |
1,011,000 |
867,000 |
260,928 |
305,000 |
2,443,928 |
|
Leitrim |
1,418,200 |
— |
545,800 |
386,000 |
2,350,000 |
|
Limerick |
1,880,214 |
1,760,086 |
178,700 |
456,000 |
4,275,000 |
|
Longford |
520,000 |
653,500 |
162,500 |
179,000 |
1,515,000 |
|
Louth |
956,000 |
271,000 |
263,000 |
170,000 |
1,660,000 |
|
Mayo |
2,584,918 |
1,406,060 |
679,922 |
854,100 |
5,525,000 |
|
Meath |
1,936,214 |
472,786 |
373,000 |
418,000 |
3,200,000 |
|
Monaghan |
1,457,400 |
387,800 |
316,800 |
303,000 |
2,465,000 |
|
Offaly |
471,277 |
964,150 |
327,573 |
260,000 |
2,023,000 |
|
Roscommon |
1,037,800 |
1,160,001 |
510,400 |
391,799 |
3,100,000 |
|
Sligo |
1,158,323 |
301,000 |
812,177 |
273,500 |
2,545,000 |
|
Tipperary, N.R. |
1,508,336 |
800,471 |
288,193 |
353,000 |
2,950,000 |
|
Tipperary, S.R. |
2,287,654 |
530,346 |
172,000 |
450,000 |
3,440,000 |
|
Waterford |
1,945,000 |
538,000 |
82,000 |
390,000 |
2,955,000 |
|
Westmeath |
4,709,039 |
426,481 |
381,480 |
278,000 |
5,795,000 |
|
Wexford |
3,431,438 |
1,548,562 |
— |
455,000 |
5,435,000 |
|
Wicklow |
2,628,049 |
229,668 |
615,283 |
348,000 |
3,821,000 |
|
County Borough Corporations |
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|
Cork |
4,315,002 |
70,000 |
3,658,177 |
517,000 |
8,560,179 |
|
Dublin |
2,715,950 |
325,000 |
1,281,050 |
2,552,000 |
6,874,000 |
|
Galway |
836,000 |
— |
939,000 |
67,000 |
1,842,000 |
|
Limerick |
1,032,023 |
7,000 |
914,977 |
126,000 |
2,080,000 |
|
Waterford |
4,564,196 |
— |
436,804 |
124,000 |
5,125,000 |
|
Borough Corporations |
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|
Clonmel |
— |
— |
20,000 |
26,700 |
46,700 |
|
Drogheda |
944,000 |
— |
215,000 |
77,000 |
1,236,000 |
|
Dun Laoghaire |
3,000 |
— |
763,000 |
160,000 |
926,000 |
|
Kilkenny |
— |
— |
60,000 |
— |
60,000 |
|
Sligo |
— |
— |
— |
27,770 |
27,770 |
|
Wexford |
— |
— |
— |
20,900 |
20,900 |
|
Urban District Councils |
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|
Dundalk |
276,688 |
19,000 |
614,312 |
37,000 |
947,000 |
|
Block Grant |
Special Improvement Grant |
Total |
|
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
Urban District Councils |
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|
Arklow |
10,800 |
48,000 |
58,800 |
|
Athlone |
— |
— |
— |
|
Athy |
7,600 |
— |
7,600 |
|
Ballina |
14,800 |
20,000 |
34,800 |
|
Ballinasloe |
— |
— |
— |
|
Birr |
— |
— |
— |
|
Bray |
29,500 |
108,000 |
137,500 |
|
Buncrana |
16,000 |
5,000 |
21,000 |
|
Bundoran |
12,000 |
— |
12,000 |
|
Carlow |
10,500 |
5,000 |
15,500 |
|
Carrickmacross |
3,000 |
3,200 |
6,200 |
|
Carrick-on-Suir |
13,500 |
5,000 |
18,500 |
|
Cashel |
6,400 |
19,600 |
26,000 |
|
Castlebar |
4,400 |
15,000 |
19,400 |
|
Castleblaney |
3,000 |
200 |
3,200 |
|
Cavan |
25,000 |
— |
25,000 |
|
Ceannanus Mor |
2,700 |
— |
2,700 |
|
Clonakilty |
16,400 |
— |
16,400 |
|
Clones |
3,200 |
2,000 |
5,200 |
|
Cobh |
22,400 |
24,500 |
46,900 |
|
Dungarvan |
15,500 |
1,000 |
16,500 |
|
Ennis |
19,100 |
9,000 |
28,100 |
|
Enniscorthy |
14,000 |
20,000 |
34,000 |
|
Fermoy |
8,300 |
— |
8,300 |
|
Killarney |
9,500 |
68,000 |
77,500 |
|
Kilrush |
13,200 |
20,000 |
33,200 |
|
Kinsale |
15,000 |
25,000 |
40,000 |
|
Letterkenny |
14,500 |
32,253 |
46,753 |
|
Listowel |
10,700 |
26,000 |
36,700 |
|
Longford |
2,400 |
26,600 |
29,000 |
|
Macroom |
19,000 |
6,000 |
25,000 |
|
Mallow |
18,500 |
5,000 |
23,500 |
|
Midleton |
4,200 |
18,000 |
22,200 |
|
Monaghan |
11,300 |
— |
11,300 |
|
Naas |
13,200 |
— |
13,200 |
|
Navan |
7,400 |
— |
7,400 |
|
Nenagh |
20,000 |
18,000 |
38,000 |
|
New Ross |
7,300 |
25,000 |
32,300 |
|
Skibbereen |
400 |
18,000 |
18,400 |
|
Templemore |
11,700 |
5,000 |
16,700 |
|
Thurles |
19,170 |
— |
19,170 |
|
Tipperary |
4,700 |
7,500 |
12,200 |
|
Tralee |
15,500 |
69,500 |
85,000 |
|
Trim |
2,000 |
— |
2,000 |
|
Tullamore |
1,200 |
37,100 |
38,300 |
|
Westport |
19,400 |
38,600 |
58,000 |
|
Wicklow |
11,400 |
50,000 |
61,400 |
|
Youghal |
13,700 |
35,000 |
48,700 |
|
Total for 1985 |
153,155,000 |
Following are the road grant allocations notified to local authorities for 1986:
|
Authority |
Amount(£000) |
|
County Councils |
|
|
Carlow |
1,959 |
|
Cavan |
2,101 |
|
Clare |
3,414 |
|
Cork |
12,736 |
|
Donegal |
6,318 |
|
Dublin |
20,632 |
|
Galway |
5,207 |
|
Kerry |
5,379 |
|
Kildare |
6,329 |
|
Kilkenny |
4,258 |
|
Laoighis |
2,100 |
|
Leitrim |
2,056 |
|
Limerick |
4,235 |
|
Longford |
1,614 |
|
Louth |
2,458 |
|
Mayo |
4,406 |
|
Meath |
3,752 |
|
Monaghan |
2,718 |
|
Offaly |
1,977 |
|
Roscommon |
2,953 |
|
Sligo |
3,043 |
|
Tipperary, N.R. |
2,776 |
|
Tipperary, S.R. |
3,375 |
|
Waterford |
2,981 |
|
Westmeath |
5,869 |
|
Wexford |
4,831 |
|
Wicklow |
4,874 |
|
County Borough Corporations |
|
|
Cork |
8,523 |
|
Dublin |
8,855 |
|
Galway |
3,309 |
|
Limerick |
3,156 |
|
Waterford |
4,666 |
|
Borough Corporations |
|
|
Clonmel |
27 |
|
Drogheda |
763 |
|
Dun Laoghaire |
1,982 |
|
Kilkenny |
33 |
|
Sligo |
78 |
|
Wexford |
33 |
|
Authority |
Amount(£000) |
|
Urban District Councils |
|
|
Arklow |
47.5 |
|
Athlone |
27.5 |
|
Athy |
8.2 |
|
Ballina |
57.7 |
|
Ballinasloe |
27.2 |
|
Birr |
23.5 |
|
Bray |
432.3 |
|
Buncrana |
16.6 |
|
Bundoran |
10.2 |
|
Carlow |
65.5 |
|
Carrickmacross |
5.5 |
|
Carrick on Suir |
34.8 |
|
Cashel |
25.7 |
|
Castlebar |
22.7 |
|
Castleblaney |
5.2 |
|
Cavan |
17.8 |
|
Ceannanus Mór |
15.0 |
|
Clonakilty |
14.5 |
|
Clones |
5.5 |
|
Cobh |
22.0 |
|
Dundalk |
1,683.0 |
|
Dungarvan |
167.1 |
|
Ennis |
14.8 |
|
Enniscorthy |
13.3 |
|
Fermoy |
6.5 |
|
Killarney |
71.3 |
|
Kilrush |
39.7 |
|
Kinsale |
15.5 |
|
Letterkenny |
22.3 |
|
Listowel |
31.6 |
|
Longford |
31.5 |
|
Macroom |
20.2 |
|
Mallow |
14.4 |
|
Midleton |
27.8 |
|
Monaghan |
6.0 |
|
Naas |
122.7 |
|
Navan |
20.6 |
|
Nenagh |
37.5 |
|
New Ross |
10.1 |
|
Skibbereen |
23.1 |
|
Templemore |
8.1 |
|
Thurles |
18.1 |
|
Tipperary |
28.8 |
|
Tralee |
44.8 |
|
Trim |
15.6 |
|
Tullamore |
118.1 |
|
Westport |
68.5 |
|
Wicklow |
57.3 |
|
Youghal |
18.8 |
|
Total for 1986 |
159,418 |
72.
asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of money allocated per mile for county roads in each county for 1984, 1985 and 1986.
I presume the Deputy is referring to road grants provided by my Department. Road grant assistance towards the cost of works on county roads normally forms part of the block grant paid annually by my Department. This grant supplements the provision made from local authorities' own resources for the improvement, maintenance and management of non-national main roads, for improvement works on county roads, and for the implementation of traffic management measures. The manner in which the block grant is spent, the extent to which it is apportioned to county road improvement, and the rate per mile of county roads which this represents are largely within the discretion of each local authority. In the circumstances, I am not in a position to provide the information sought by the Deputy.
Block grants allocated to local authorities for 1986 total £20.4 million which is 21 per cent higher than the equivalent grants in 1985 which, in turn, were 10 per cent greater than the 1984 grants. In accordance with the practice of successive Governments, State road grants are not made available for county road maintenance. Expenditure under this heading falls to be met from local authorities' own resources.