Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 2 Feb 1994

Vol. 438 No. 2

Written Answers. - Road Maintenance Block Grants.

Avril Doyle

Ceist:

72 Mrs. Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give, in tabular form by county, the moneys provided for maintenance of non-national roads for the last ten years; the number of kilometres of non-national roads in each county; and the amount per kilometre each county received each year.

Minister for the Environment (Mr. M. Smith)

I refer to the reply to Question No. 134 of 14 May 1991 which sets out details of the block grants allocated to county councils for the maintenance of regional and county roads and the amounts per kilometre which the grants represent in each case for the years 1989 to 1991.

As indicated in that reply, grants were not allocated specifically for the maintenance of regional and county roads prior to 1989. The system of grants then in operation involved the allocation of a single block grant to each county council, which supplemented local authorities' own resources for the improvement and maintenance of regional roads and for the improvement of county roads. The grants could not be applied to the maintenance of county roads.

Information on block grants paid to local authorities before 1989 is contained in the reply to Question No. 173 of 12 February 1991.

The system of grants operated in the case of urban authorities involves the allocation of a single block grant to supplement the authorities' own resources for the improvement and maintenance of urban roads. It is a matter for each authority to determine the proportion of funds used for improvement and maintenance works.

Information in respect of maintenance grants paid to county councils in 1992 and 1993 is set out in the following table.

Maintenance Block Grants 1992-1993

Authority	Length of Regional and County Roads	1992 Maintenance Block Grant	1992	1993 Maintenance Block Grant	1993
	Kms	£000	£s per km	£000	£s per km
County Councils
Carlow	1,083	113,000	104.35	113,000	104.35
Cavan	2,798	293,000	104.72	293,000	104.72
Clare	3,795	397,000	104.60	397,000	104.60
Cork	11,310	1,181,000	104.42	1,181,000	104.42
Donegal	6,087	636,000	104.48	636,000	104.48
Dublin	1,448	269,000	185.77	269,000	185.77
Galway	6,036	630,000	104.38	630,000	104.38
Kerry	4,158	435,000	104.61	435,000	104.61
Kildare	1,916	200,000	104.37	200,000	104.37
Kilkenny	2,750	288,000	104.72	288,000	104.72
Laoighis	2,093	219,000	104.63	219,000	104.63
Leitrim	2,166	228,000	105.24	228,000	105.24
Limerick	3,241	339,000	104.59	339,000	104.59
Longford	1,461	154,000	105.39	154,000	105.39
Louth	1,089	114,000	104.72	114,000	104.72
Mayo	5,334	558,000	104.60	558,000	104.60
Meath	2,906	305,000	104.95	305,000	104.95
Monaghan	2,314	242,000	104.58	242,000	104.58
Offaly	1,750	184,000	105.13	184,000	105.13
Roscommon	3,662	382,000	104.31	382,000	104.31
Sligo	2,411	252,000	104.50	252,000	104.50
Tipperary NR	2,567	269,000	104.78	269,000	104.78
Tipperary SR	2,700	282,000	104.44	282,000	104.44
Waterford	2,428	254,000	104.63	254,000	104.63
Westmeath	1,983	207,000	104.41	207,000	104.41
Wexford	3,065	321,000	104.72	321,000	104.72
Wicklow	1,889	198,000	104.84	198,000	104.84