Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the level of capital funding for secondary roads in County Wexford in view of the dangerous condition of many of these roads in the south and west of the county due to a lack of resources. [39507/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The provision of non-national roads, which include local secondary roads, in County Wexford is a matter for Wexford County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by grants provided by my Department.

I intend to announce road grant allocations for 2006 in respect of non-national roads early in the new year. When determining allocations, full account will be taken of the needs of all authorities including Wexford County Council.

Responsibility for national roads, which includes national secondary roads, is a matter for the relevant road authority and the National Roads Authority which operates under the aegis of my colleague the Minister for Transport.