Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 529: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the works on which the National Roads Authority funding has gone which was promised to Kells Town Council to repair the regional roads through Kells town in County Meath after recent Bord Gáis works in the town. [28240/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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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. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council.

In this particular case, Kells Town Council was allocated €195,000 as a block grant towards roads maintenance in its administrative area for 2011. I understand from the National Roads Authority, who administer the funding on behalf of the Department, that to the end of August the Town Council had claimed €11,500 of this funding. The balance of this funding remains available for drawdown by the Town Council. It is, of course, the responsibility of the Town Council to ensure that those responsible for road openings restore the road to at least its pre-existing condition.