Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2511/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of Laois County Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The road element of the seven year transport capital plan 2016-2022 includes provision for the completion, subject to planning approval, of the section of the Portlaoise Southern Circular Road linking the Timahoe roundabout and the Abbeyleix road.  The planning approval process is a matter for Laois County Council.