Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 526: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if land owners require unanimous consent to undertake privately funded road improvement works through commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28746/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Without knowledge of the specific circumstances to which the Deputy is referring I would direct his attention to section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, which sets out the circumstances in which persons can carry out road maintenance on a 'local' road, subject to local authority approval. Under section 81 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport may make a grant to a road authority in relation to assistance by the Authority towards the construction or improvement of non-public roads in its functional area. However, assistance by a road authority under this section is conditional on a prior written agreement by the parties concerned with the road authority and a financial contribution by such parties.