Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the imminent collapse of a bridge wall (details supplied) will be investigated and rebuilt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5949/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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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 a matter for the local authority.

In this context, each year local authorities can submit an application, with bridges ranked in order of priority, to my Department for bridge rehabilitation grants. The bridges submitted for consideration for funding this year did not include a bridge on the L28022.