John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make additional funding available to Waterford City Council for remedial works on the Waterford to Tramore road in view of the continuing frequent flooding of same causing closure of the roadway on a regular basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33543/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The maintenance and improvement of non-national roads in Waterford city is a matter for Waterford City Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants. The initial selection of works to be funded under the various grant categories is also a matter for the council.

The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's memorandum on grants for non-national roads indicates that the cost of remedial works on non-national roads, necessitated by flooding, storm damage and other severe weather conditions, must be met from local authorities' own resources and block grants provided by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Local authorities have been advised that they should set aside contingency sums from these resources to finance such works. In 2005, a block grant of €494,000 and a special block grant for footpath and carriageway restoration works of €623,000 were allocated to Waterford City Council.