Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the reason tertiary grants have been discontinued by the various local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The improvement and maintenance of public non-national roads in its area is a statutory function of local authorities in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993, to be funded from their own resources supplemented by State grants. The initial selection and prioritization of projects to be financed from these grants is a matter for each local authority.

All non-national road grants for 2007 have now been fully allocated and there are no further funds available from which additional allocations can be made for tertiary roads.

Local authorities may, however, continue to fund eligible works on tertiary roads from their own resources or, alternatively, from discretionary grants provided by my Department.