Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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867. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a commitment and timeframe for the delivery of the Athy southern distributor road in County Kildare. [7165/16]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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​The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (such as the Athy Southern Distributor Road) is the statutory responsibility of Kildare 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 Capital Plan 2016-2021 provides that a number of schemes targeting bottlenecks in the road network will be progressed subject to necessary approvals.  Among those schemes is the Athy Southern Distributor Road.  It is a matter for Kildare County Council to progress this scheme through the planning approval process.  My Department has allocated a grant of €600,000 to Kildare County Council this year to fund planning work on the project.