Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 1518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans his Department has to provide funding for the provision of solar powered speed indicators on all national and regional roads; if he will provide such funding on a regional basis; if he has had proposals in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29397/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The provision of road traffic signs, which could include the provision of solar powered speed indicators, on non-national roads is a matter for local authorities to be funded from their own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department.

Local authorities may use discretionary improvement and block grants provided by my Department towards the cost of providing such signposting on non-national roads. In 2006, the discretionary improvement grant allocation to county councils is €24.27 million and the block grant allocation to City, Borough and Town Councils is €15.51 million.

I have not received any proposals from local authorities regarding funding for the provision of solar powered speed indicators.

My Department has no function in relation to national roads. Responsibility for national 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.