Vol. 455 No. 8
159 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of funding provided for regional and county roads from Exchequer funds, inter-regional funds, other European funds and local contributions in counties Monaghan and Cavan in 1995. [12984/95]
All State funding for regional and county roads is paid from the Exchequer. European Regional Development Fund assistance is remitted to the Exchequer in partial recoupment of State road grants; the aid rate is 75 per cent for the Interreg II Programme and 50 per cent for the EU co-financed scheme of specific improvement grants for projects which promote employment and economic activity.
The following table shows the amount of funding provided in 1995 to Monaghan and Cavan County Councils for maintenance and improvement works on non-national roads and the contributions from the local authorities' own resources for these purposes. Both authorities will also be in receipt of contributions, in money or kind, from local communities towards the maintenance of county roads.
|
Grants |
Monaghan County Council |
Cavan County Council |
|
£000 |
£000 |
|
|
Discretionary |
1,841 |
2,200 |
|
Reopening of Cross-Border Roads |
112 |
— |
|
Interreg II |
1,100 |
1,300 |
|
EU Co-Financed |
450 |
615 |
|
Special Restoration Programme |
861 |
970 |
|
Total |
4,364 |
5,085 |
|
Estimated own resources contribution |
988 |
785 |
