Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 317: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends to provide extra funding to the National Roads Authority with a view to carrying out reinstatement and improvement to minor roads throughout the country that have suffered from increased traffic volumes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37624/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Investment in the improvement and maintenance of national roads has increased substantially in recent years. The Exchequer provision for 2006, as approved in the Estimates, is €1.362 billion. This will enable the NRA to fund not only a programme of major improvements but also an extensive programme of minor improvement and pavement restoration works on national primary and national secondary routes throughout the country. The allocation of funding to individual projects is a matter for the NRA. Funding for the improvement of non-national roads is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local authorities.