Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount provided for road signage in the Book of Estimates 2007. [41647/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is responsible for policy and funding issues in relation to national roads only. National roads account for 5% of the overall Irish road network. Matters, including signage, relating to non-national roads are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Environment Heritage and Local Government and Local Authorities. The responsibility for road signage on national roads rests with for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under section 19(1)(c) of the Roads Act 1993.

However, I understand from the NRA that in 2007 they plan to allocate €13 million to the provision of road signage. This funding is provided out of the road construction sub-head (B.1.1) published in the Book of Estimates. This reflects the fact that most road signage is provided during the construction phase of national road schemes.