Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 655: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the intra-urban road link Objective T2.12 linking the junction of Burton Street-Pearse Road to the junction of Mail Coach Road-Connolly Street, as contained in the Sligo and environs development plan, has yet to be implemented; if he has received any submissions from Sligo Borough Council seeking funding to purchase the strip of land still in private ownership which the borough council requires to enable the link road to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34525/11]

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.

My Department has no record of an application for funding for this intra-urban link road from Burton Street/Pearse Road to Mail Coach Road/Connolly Street. Earlier this year the National Roads Authority (NRA) invited applications for consideration for funding under the 2012 Specific Improvement Grants in respect of regional and local roads. Sligo County Council submitted 9 projects, however the intra-urban road link was not among the applications submitted. No separate applications for funding were received from Sligo Borough Council as any such application would have to be included in the County Council submission.

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 656: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for works (details supplied) in County Limerick; if funding is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34544/11]

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. Earlier this year the National Roads Authority (NRA) invited applications for consideration for funding under the 2012 Specific Improvement Grants. Limerick County Council submitted 5 projects, however the R521 Newcastle West to Ardagh Road was not among the applications submitted.