Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of proper access for emergency services to the Great Island and Cobh during Storm Ophelia; and if his attention has been drawn to the need to upgrade the Fota Road to improve such access. [44995/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded from these moneys is a matter for each local authority. The Department has not received a recent submission in relation to access to Cobh.