Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2008
249 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Transport the conditions attached to local government fund payments for the provision of road gritting; if figures are available for the amount paid to each road authority for the provision of gritting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46117/08]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Roads Act, 1993, the maintenance of roads, including winter maintenance, is a statutory function of each individual road authority. This work is funded out of each authority's own resources, supplemented in the case of regional and local roads by discretionary and block grants allocated annually by my Department. In the case of national roads, funding for maintenance, which includes the gritting of roads and other safety related work in winter, is provided by my Department to the NRA which allocates it among the local authorities. Maintenance grants by my Department in 2008 amounted to €45.6 million, while €58.21 million was provided through the NRA.
