Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the situation where a local authority is granted funding under the specific improvements grants and it is not in a position to draw down these grants, the funds can be used for other projects; the criteria involved in allowing transfer of funds to projects not specifically allocated grants for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27472/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The general conditions governing the payment of grants to local authorities in respect of improvement and maintenance works on regional and local roads are set out in my Department's Memorandum on Grants for Regional and Local Roads. Those conditions include a requirement that all regional and local road grant allocations must be used for the purpose notified and in accordance with the conditions applying to the particular category of grant concerned. In circumstances where a grant relates to a specific project or approved programme of work, it may be transferred/reallocated to another project or approved programme of work, but only with the prior written approval of my Department. A transfer of a grant allocation is only permitted to works in the same category.