Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 160 of 1 December 2005, if ministerial approval has been issued under section 19([i]g[/i]) of the Roads Acts 1993; when in practice section 19(a) of that Act has been applied and when in practice section 19([i]g[/i]) of that Act has been approved in relation to road works; the role he and his predecessors have played in the approval of standards under section 19 of that Act; and the standards approved by him or former Ministers under this section. [38586/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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An approval has not issued to the National Roads Authority, NRA, under section 19(1)(g) of the Roads Act 1993. Section 19(1) of the Roads Act 1993 which sets out specific functions of the NRA relating to national roads came into force on 1 January 1995, as provided for in SI No. 399 of 1994. Subsection (1)(a) empowers the NRA to prepare or arrange for the preparation of road designs.