Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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Question 720: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to the National Roads Authority for the purchase of land for the Claregalway inner relief road when the design stage has been completed by Galway County Council; the time frame in which this funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32328/12]

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.

Galway County Council has been allocated €158,000 towards the design stage of this project this year. The 2013 regional and local road grant allocations will be decided having regard to eligibility criteria, the need to prioritise projects, competing demands from other local authorities and the funds available at the time.

I will announce the 2013 regional and local road grant allocations early in the new year.