Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
1370. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding sought by each local authority for the upgrade and maintenance of roads prior to the most recent allocation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra1371. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation by local authority for the upgrade and maintenance of roads, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35809/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1370 and 1371 together.
The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant County Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council.
The 2017 regional and local road grants were provided to local authorities in January. The three main grant categories (Restoration Improvement, Restoration Maintenance and Discretionary Grant) are based on road lengths in each local authority's area of responsibility and no applications are sought in respect of these grant categories.
Arising from the substantial cutbacks in grant funding for roads during the financial crisis, local authorities were notified that a number of the Department's Grant programmes had to be curtailed (including the Specific Grant Programme and Strategic Regional and Local Roads Grant Programme) in order to protect funding for road maintenance and repairs. The Department is not, therefore, operating an annual application process for these Programmes at present.
Applications were sought, however, for bridge rehabilitation works, safety improvement works and speed limits in housing estates for funding in 2017. Details of the funding sought by each local authority is outlined as follows:
|
LOCAL AUTHORITY |
Bridge Rehabilitation |
Safety Improvement Works |
Speed Limit Funding in Housing Estates* |
|
Carlow County Council |
€160,000 |
€80,000 |
€3,400 |
|
Cavan County Council |
€460,000 |
€445,500 |
€24,000 |
|
Clare County Council |
€895,200 |
€500,000 |
€0 |
|
Cork County Council |
€1,435,000 |
€926,000 |
€9,600 |
|
Donegal County Council |
€274,000 |
€264,000 |
€117,410 |
|
Galway County Council |
€415,000 |
€385,000 |
€34,450 |
|
Kerry County Council |
€237,637 |
€435,259 |
€104,125 |
|
Kildare County Council |
€210,350 |
€245,000 |
€17,510 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
€853,000 |
€287,000 |
€5,625 |
|
Laois County Council |
€220,000 |
€270,000 |
€26,620 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
€200,000 |
€961,000 |
€12,000 |
|
Limerick County Council |
€728,000 |
€844,000 |
€77,000 |
|
Longford County Council |
€230,000 |
€545,000 |
€48,000 |
|
Louth County Council |
€120,000 |
€510,000 |
€0 |
|
Mayo County Council |
€845,555 |
€1,557,239 |
€75,000 |
|
Meath County Council |
€435,000 |
€409,600 |
€22,300 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
€325,000 |
€570,000 |
€12,200 |
|
Offaly County Council |
€200,000 |
€495,000 |
€0 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
€270,000 |
€543,370 |
€47,850 |
|
Sligo County Council |
€291,000 |
€180,000 |
€58,800 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
€979,952 |
€786,000 |
€157,500 |
|
Waterford County Council |
€595,000 |
€813,600 |
€215,806 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
€200,700 |
€340,000 |
€56,825 |
|
Wexford County Council |
€236,000 |
€163,000 |
€13,500 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
€204,000 |
€460,000 |
€100,425 |
|
Cork City Council |
€725,700 |
€368,000 |
€16,500 |
|
Galway City Council |
€100,000 |
€388,000 |
€52,580 |
|
TOTAL |
€11,846,094 |
€13,771,568 |
€1,309,026 |
* Based on specified unit costs
Details of the 2017 allocations in respect of regional and local roads are available in the Dáil Library.
As regards national roads, while 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 Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.
Details of the initial 2017 allocations in respect of national roads are also available in the Dáil Library. The funding sought by local authorities in respect of national roads is a matter for TII.
Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's question to TII for direct reply. If you do not receive a reply within 10 working days please notify my Office.
The referred reply under Standing Order 42A was forwarded to the Deputy.
