Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 589: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the spending by his Department on non-national roads in County Laois in the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; the reason the payments for 2003 were less than 2002 and the payments in 2004 were less than 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35322/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The provision and improvement of non-national roads in County Laois is a matter for Laois County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants.

Details of the total grant payments made to Laois County Council and the council's own resources expenditure in respect of non-national roads for each of the years 1995 to 2004 are set out in the following table:

Grants for non-national roads are allocated annually to local authorities under a number of different grant categories. The level of grants to be allocated to individual authorities is determined each year having regard to a number of factors including eligibility criteria for the different grant schemes, the total funds available in a particular year, the need to prioritise projects and competing demands from other local authorities.