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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 15 Oct 1996

Vol. 470 No. 1

Written Answers. - Multi-Language Road Signs.

Noel Treacy

Ceist:

200 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment if he will provide funding in the Estimates and in the forthcoming national Budget to ensure that adequate multi-language signs are erected on all appropriate roads throughout the country to inform tourists that driving in Ireland is on the left hand side of the road; if so, the amount of money to be allocated in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18539/96]

A new multi-lingual road traffic sign to warn drivers of the requirement to drive on the left-hand side of the road has recently been developed by my Department and details have been circulated to all road authorities. The erection of such signs at appropriate locations is a matter for the individual road authorities.

Responsibility for the funding of traffic signs on the national roads network is a matter for the National Roads Authority; funding of signs on non-national roads falls to be met from road authorities' own resources, which are supplemented by the annual discretionary grant provided by my Department. Separate grant allocations for the new multi-lingual signs are not proposed.

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