Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department has assessed the impact of Circular RLR 6/2009, on the regional and local roads investment programme, which outlines the fact that new contractual commitments by local authorities require prior approval by the Department of Finance, and which will adversely affect the autonomy of local authorities in entering into contractual commitments in respect of regional and local road grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14028/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Local authorities were advised by my Department on 23 February that, in order to enable the Government to have maximum discretion in future allocations, the Department of Finance was reviewing the current level of contractual commitments in respect of Exchequer capital expenditure. Local authorities were advised that, as a temporary measure, they may not enter into new contractual commitments in respect of regional or local road projects to be funded by State road grants. That restriction will be reviewed following the forthcoming Supplementary Budget.