Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet a delegation from Roscommon, Sligo and Mayo County Councils regarding their proposals for the R294 which was submitted to his Department; if he will approve funding for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13260/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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On 9 March 2005, Sligo County Council submitted to my Department a copy of a report, Improvement Study of Regional Road R294, prepared jointly by counties Roscommon, Sligo and Mayo. The report proposed a number of both short and long-term improvement works. Sligo County Council has been advised that, within the coming months, the Department will be inviting local authorities to submit restoration improvement programmes for the period 2006 onwards and that the short-term proposals identified in the report can, at the discretion of the authorities, be included in those programmes.

The council was also advised that it is open to the authorities concerned to include the long-term improvement schemes among their applications for specific grant funding which will be sought by the Department later this year in respect of 2006. Further advancement of the proposals in the report is a matter for the authorities concerned.