Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport if a determination has been made as to the agency responsible for the funding of a new road infrastructure (details supplied) in County Kildare; if it is his Department or the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31921/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme element of Transport 21. The allocation of funding for the improvement and maintenance of individual national road projects, including the Southern route road for Athy, is a matter for the National Roads Authority (NRA) under the Roads Act, 1993, as amended by the Roads Act 2007, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned.