Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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1489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of extra funding that was made available to Donegal County Council to enable repair work on roads, bridges and so on in the aftermath of flooding in County Donegal during the week of 22 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37783/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the local authority's 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.

Following the flooding, Donegal County Council undertook the necessary immediate remedial works on the road network before completing an assessment of the overall cost of repairing the damage.  The Council wrote to my Department on 7th September outlining its assessment of the costs involved in repairing the road network.  My Department is liaising with the Council and has asked the Council to provide a breakdown of estimated costs between this year and next year.