Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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715. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding package for improving the condition of rural roads for 2016. [46014/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, 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 prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority.

The Department's 2016 current allocation for regional and local roads is €43.683 million and the overall capital allocation is €250.4 million.  I expect to announce grant allocations to local authorities to supplement their own resources spending early next year.