Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 20 Nov 1990

Vol. 402 No. 8

Written Answers - Tipperary Regional Road.

Michael Ferris

Ceist:

98 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment if he has received proposals from Tipperary South Riding County Council for an allocation of funds for the Clonmel/Fethard regional road; and if funds will be allocated for this purpose in 1991.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Flynn)

Responsibility for the planning and development of works on non-national routes such as the Clonmel-Fethard road, is a matter for the road authority concerned, in this case Tipperary (SR) County Council. The local authority may use the discretionary grants for roads paid annually by my Department to supplement expenditure from their own resources on such works. The discretionary grants to Tipperary (SR) County Council this year amount to £1.8 million compared with £1.4 million in 1989.

In September 1987 the local authority submitted a request for special road grant assistance for improvement works to the Clonmel-Fethard road, near Clonmel. In the period 1988-89, my Department, as an exceptional measure, allocated a total of £147,000 in special road grants as a contribution towards costs incurred by the local authority on these particular works, which I understand are now completed. Proposals for additional works on this road have not been received in the Department.