Written answers
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Roads Maintenance Issues
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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358. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that will be made available to reinstate county and non-county roads following the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2059/14]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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At Tuesday's Cabinet meeting, the Government considered a preliminary report on the damage caused to all public infrastructure, including roads and rail with an initial estimate of the cost of the damage. Local authorities will now prepare a full assessment of the work that needs to be done together with detailed cost estimates. This will be co-ordinated by the Department of the Environment. The detailed assessment and the action required will then be considered by Government.
In coming weeks, I will allocate state road grants to local authorities for the local and regional roads under their authority. Local authorities are free to use this money to repair roads damaged by the recent storms.
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