Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reverse SI 54/2012 as it relates to the N4 from Con Colbert road to the M50 in order to enable the junction of the N4 and Palmerstown village to be considered for TII funding for an interchange and-or underpass at the junction in view of South Dublin County Council's inability to fund such a project and the serious traffic delays for outbound traffic in particular that this junction causes on a national route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2986/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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Section 10 of the Roads Act 1993 as amended by the Roads Act 2007 provides for the classification of national, regional and local roads. Road classification needs to follow appropriate and logical criteria and have regard to existing legislative provisions. Careful consideration of such proposals is, therefore, required.

As part of the 2012 roads classification review, all national roads within the M50 were re-classified to regional road status to reflect their changed role in the overall road network. Among other things, part of the old National Route 4 between its junction with O'Connell Bridge and its junction with the M50 at Palmerstown Upper was classified as a regional road. There are no proposals at present to review that decision.

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.