Written answers
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
Department of Transport
Road Signage
8:00 pm
Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 300: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will outline, in tabular form, the budget for regional road signage in each local authority area for the years 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17825/09]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, in its area, is a statutory function of each individual local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants paid by my Department. Details of the 2008 and 2009 grant allocations to each county council under the Regional Roads Signposting Programme are set out in the following table.
| COUNTY COUNCIL | 2008 Allocations (€) | 2009 Allocations (€) |
| CARLOW | 250,000 | 46,500 |
| CAVAN | 300,000 | 155,000 |
| CLARE | 300,000 | 186,000 |
| CORK | 950,000 | 629,300 |
| DONEGAL | 500,000 | 217,000 |
| DUN LAOGHAIRE-RATHDOWN | 150,000 | 155,000 |
| FINGAL | 450,000 | 434,000 |
| GALWAY | 400,000 | 124,000 |
| KERRY | 0 | 0 |
| KILDARE | 300,000 | 217,000 |
| KILKENNY | 200,000 | 217,000 |
| LAOIS | 250,000 | 186,000 |
| LEITRIM | 200,000 | 155,000 |
| LIMERICK | 250,000 | 173,600 |
| LONGFORD | 250,000 | 31,000 |
| LOUTH | 150,000 | 186,000 |
| MAYO | 250,000 | 124,000 |
| MEATH | 200,000 | 186,000 |
| MONAGHAN | 200,000 | 62,000 |
| NORTH TIPPERARY | 250,000 | 186,000 |
| OFFALY | 150,000 | 93,000 |
| ROSCOMMON | 250,000 | 186,000 |
| SLIGO | 0 | 6,200 |
| SOUTH DUBLIN | 100,000 | 124,000 |
| SOUTH TIPPERARY | 200,000 | 124,000 |
| WATERFORD | 400,000 | 217,000 |
| WESTMEATH | 250,000 | 155,000 |
| WEXFORD | 200,000 | 186,000 |
| WICKLOW | 200,000 | 124,000 |
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