Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport if he proposes to offer or has offered capital funding to Kildare County Council or other local authorities in respect of payments in Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46338/09]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Transport 21 provides for investment in national roads, public transport and regional airports. Funding for national roads is allocated to local authorities by the National Roads Authority. Funding has been and will continue to be provided to local authorities in respect of traffic management and bus priority measures. No public transport funding has been provided directly to Kildare County Council, though the county will benefit from investment by the relevant public transport agencies in projects such as the Kildare rail upgrade.

On national roads, the construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads, including those within Kildare County Council's administrative area, is a matter for the National Roads Authority under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2007 in consultation with that local authority.