Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 5 Apr 2000

Vol. 517 No. 4

Written Answers. - Roads Funding.

John Bruton

Ceist:

231 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans, if any, he has to make funds available to North Tipperary County Council to construct a link road from Nenagh to the Nenagh by-pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10176/00]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey)

No application from Tipperary NR County Council has been made to my Department in relation to funding for this project.

The maintenance and improvement of non-national roads in their area is a matter for each local authority to be funded from its own resources, supplemented by grants from the local government fund. Tipperary NR County Council has been allocated a total of £5.670 million in non-national road grants this year, an increase of 8% on its 1999 allocation.