Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 April 2011
51 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the maintenance costs of roads built since 2004; the amount of money broken down by road and local authority areas in tabular form. [8614/11]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting this I have referred the Deputy's question to the NRA for direct reply in relation to national roads. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.
The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities own resources and are supplemented by State road grants. Details of expenditure on the maintenance of individual regional and local roads would only be available from individual local authorities and the Department would have no record of such detailed project expenditure. I would also ask the Deputy to note that all of the Regional and Local Road Grant Payments to each local authority including those for major schemes over the last 10 years are available in the Oireachtas Library.
