Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the regional road network in County Meath in conjunction with Meath County Council for the years 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6671/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993.  The carrying out of works on these roads is 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 from these grants is also a matter for the local authority. Meath County Council has been allocated over €10.6 million in regional and local road grants in 2013.  Details of these allocations are available in the Dáil Library.  Regional and local road grants are allocated on an annual basis and the 2014 allocations will be notified to local authorities early next year.