Christy O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason landowners along the R572 between Glengarriff and Castletownbere in County Cork are still awaiting payment for land acquisition by Cork County Council in order to facilitate road improvement and that these same landowners are awaiting accommodating works and fencing for their property; and the further reason no works are currently underway on this stretch of road which has a temporary surface which poses a serious health and safety risk to road users. [28207/09]

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.

Cork County Council was allocated a total of €43,880,723 in regional and local road grants in 2009. Included in this overall allocation is a grant of €400,000 towards the R572 Road. Progression of the project is a matter for the Council.