Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Carrigaline western relief road in County Cork; the amount of funding that has been provided to date; the total expected cost; the expected timeframe for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27311/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department gave a commitment in 2010 to contribute a maximum of €3.7 million of the estimated land acquisition costs of €7.4 million related to the proposed Carrigaline Western Relief Road or 50% of the cost, whichever is the lesser, and this commitment is being honoured.

To date €2.05 million has been paid to Cork County Council in respect of the Carrigaline Western Relief Road.  An allocation of €1.65 million is being given this year which represents the balance of the outstanding commitment.

Due to the constrained budget available to my Department for roads, it has been necessary to curtail the Strategic Roads Grants Scheme for the moment.  There is, therefore, no commitment in place to provide grant funding towards the cost of construction for this project.

It is important to reiterate that the role of Exchequer grants for regional and local roads is to supplement the resources of Councils. It is, therefore, open to Cork County Council to fund this project from its own resources.