Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Department of Transport has asked me to set out, Kildare County Council is the statutory authority responsible for the Ballagh-to-Timahoe road, as the Deputy will be aware. However, the Department also says that it will advise the council of the Deputy's concerns about the condition of this road, though I suspect that the Deputy has managed to bring those concerns to Kildare County Council by his own good office.

As for the question of managing roads over peat, I did not give the Deputy this additional detail. The Department established recently a working group which includes representatives from local authorities with experience of managing roads over peat to review the existing guidance and to update the recommended approach to rehabilitation, recognising how much more difficult it is and taking into account any new or innovative maintenance methods. However, I think the Department is well aware of the Deputy's concerns and I am sure the county council is also. That is the statutory authority at present.

See this speech in context