Written answers
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Network
9:00 pm
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 645: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will grant emergency funding for maintenance of local authority road network in County Kerry, which have deteriorated due to the high volume of rain in the past few weeks. [34212/11]
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 projects to be funded is also a matter for the local authority. All 2011 regional and local road grants have now been fully allocated and there are no further funds available from which an additional allocation could be made. The Department would however, be prepared to consider any revisions the Council wish to make to their 2012 Restoration Improvement Programme.
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 646: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his commitment to the N2 A5 project will be discussed at the forthcoming plenary meeting of the North South Ministerial Council. [34540/11]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Arising from the St. Andrew's Agreement, the Government gave a commitment to co-fund the construction of the A5 through Northern Ireland to Derry thus improving access to Letterkenny and North Donegal. In light of the current economic circumstances, the Government has had to defer its funding commitment to this project. The project will be discussed at the forthcoming NSMC Plenary meeting in terms of the progress made to date and the position in relation to funding by the Irish Government. With regard to the N2, this is a national roads project and the statutory responsibility for its implementation lies with the NRA, and the relevant local authorities concerned. It is not on the agenda for discussion at the forthcoming plenary.
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