Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 September 2008
670 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Transport if he will approve funding in the Estimates to enable Kerry County Council to provide a new replacement bridge at Ballinagher, Lixnaw, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, including bridges, in its area is a matter for Kerry County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants. A road grant of €100,000 was allocated to Kerry County Council in 2008 for Ballinagar Bridge under the Specific Improvement Grant Scheme. It is open to Kerry County Council to continue to prioritise this scheme for funding, and to include it among its Specific Improvement Grant Scheme applications for funding in 2009. Regional and local road grants for 2009 will be allocated early in the new year.
671 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Transport the procedure for a person or group of persons to take a public road into their private ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31183/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraSections 12 and 73 of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by the Roads Act 2007, deal with the abandonment of public roads and the extinguishment of public rights-of-way by a road authority, respectively.
