Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 364: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will provide adequate funding to complete the road widening of the Curraun Road, Achill, County Mayo; if his attention has been drawn to this dangerous stretch of road and the urgent need for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39943/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, this is a matter for Mayo County Council and the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the first instance. With regard to the Strategic Gaeltacht Roads Scheme, a work programme is usually agreed by me at the beginning of each year. Since 2003 an amount of €2.1m has been provided under this scheme for the improvement of the road referred to by the Deputy. The provision of further funding for this road will be assessed early in 2007, subject to available resources, when the next programme of works is being drawn up and also in the context of the priority Mayo County Council have indicated for the replacement of the bridge at Achill Sound by a new lifting bridge.