Tony Killeen
Ceist:15 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for the Environment the role, if any, he and his Department exercise in relation to the National Roads Authority. [4925/95]
Written Answers. - National Roads Authority.
The National Roads Authority is an independnet statutory body which has been given overall responsibility, under the Roads Act, 1983, for ensuring the provision of a safe and efficient network of national roads.
My powers under the Roads Act are limited to certain broad policy, financial and quasi-judicial functions such as the classification of national roads, the payment of block grants to the Authority, the approval of motorway schemes and the issue of directions and guidelines. I have no function in relation to the day-to-day administration and management of the work programme on national roads or in relation to the allocation of funds for individual projects.