Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 596: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop a national strategy (details supplied) regarding maintenance of rural roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26244/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads, in its area, is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council.A total of €439,676,000 is being provided for the maintenance and improvement of regional and local roads in 2011. Local authorities have also been issued with a number of best practice documents, including Guidelines for Road Drainage. Within available resources, it is a matter for each local authority to manage its work programme in order to meet its road maintenance responsibilities including road drainage requirements.