Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. Of these grants, the vast majority (approximately 90%) are targeted at the maintenance and renewal of the network with c. 10% of the remaining funding invested in new roads/bridges or for road realignments.

In 2022 Galway County Council received an allocation of €300,000 under the Specific Improvement Grant programme for the L1202 Derrartha Road, Carraroe. The scheme was a Safety Improvement Works project with the aim to widen the road to accommodate two way traffic to allow safe movement of traffic. The total expenditure paid to Galway County Council in 2022 for this scheme was €302,039.

In the case of projects under the Specific Improvement Grant Programme, the basis for the drawdown of grants is the claims submitted to the Department via TII’s Payment Reporting System. In this context local authorities are required to submit extracts from their Financial Management System (FMS) as support for claims and the information supplied by Galway County Council in this instance is summarised in the table below.