John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 1064: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be granted to Sligo County Council for works on the Knocknagore to Culfadda road in County Sligo: the amount of funding granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10051/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The provision and improvement of non-national roads in County Sligo is a matter for Sligo County Council to be funded from its own resources, supplemented by State grants. In 2004, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government sought applications from road authorities for funding under the 2005 EU co-financed specific improvements grant scheme. The initial selection of projects to be submitted for consideration for funding under the scheme is a matter for local authorities. Sligo County Council submitted a number of applications, which did not include an application for funding for works on the Knocknagore to Culfadda road.

It will be open to the council to prioritise works on the route for funding under the EU co-financed specific improvement grant scheme in 2006, if eligible, when applications are sought later this year by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Sligo County Council may use the discretionary improvement grant provided by the Department for the carrying out of such works. The discretionary improvement grant provided to the council in 2005 is €1.533 million. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded from the grant is a matter for the council.