Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 October 2015
231. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will urgently address the condition of the roads in Killarney National Park; if patching works will be carried out immediately as a matter of health and safety in advance of more substantial works to fully resurface the roads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35050/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra232. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details, of expenditure on the roads in Killarney National Park in each year since 2004; of where precisely this money was spent; if she will request supplementary funding for the roads in 2015, given the gravity of the current situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35051/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together.
As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established in June 2011. Since 2011, my Department has expended some €356,000 on works to roads within Killarney National Park. This included expenditure of some €26,700 in 2013 on repairs to a roadway in the Killarney Demesne area (from the Deenagh Lodge to the White Bridge) and some €175,000 in 2014 on repairs to roadways in Muckross and in the Reen area of the Demesne.
Future works on the roads will be considered within the context of both the management priorities for Killarney National Park and the limited funding resources available for the management of National Parks and Nature Reserves across the country.
