Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application for funding been received from Laois County Council in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28209/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritization of works to be funded from State road grants is also a matter for the local authority.

No application for funding for traffic calming works on R639 entering Durrow has been received in my Department from Laois County Council.  It is open to the Council to fund these works from its Discretionary Grant or from its own resources.