Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 1858: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been approved for a road (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1897/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The maintenance and improvement of non-national roads in County Mayo is a matter for Mayo County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The 2007 non-national roads grant allocation of €27,274,625 to Mayo County Council represents a 12% increase on the initial 2006 allocation to the Council.

In June 2005, local authorities were invited to submit proposals to my Department for inclusion in the 2006 to 2008 Restoration Improvement Programme. As part of its proposed programme of works for 2008, Mayo County Council included a scheme for improvement works on the R314 at Derrynameel, between Belmullet and Barnatra, at a cost of €315,000. The significant funding provided by my Department in 2007 to Mayo County Council under the Restoration Improvement Programme will enable the Council to carry out works on this scheme this year, a year ahead of schedule.

Mayo County Council may also use the discretionary improvement grant, provided by my Department, towards the carrying out of works on the road between Belmullet and Barnatra. The discretionary improvement grant allocation to Mayo County Council in 2007 is €1,651,000. The selection of works to be funded from this grant allocation is a matter for Mayo County Council.