Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 May 2012
691 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all road works carried out in the Dublin City Council area; the persons who carried out this work; the locations at which the work was carried out; the reason for the work and the date on which the work was done, for the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. [24950/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI have no function in this matter. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of individual road projects is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.
In relation to regional and local roads, the improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants.
This Department does not, therefore, receive details of all road works carried out by the council as this is a matter for the local authority.
