Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the estimated cost of completing the next stage of all regional or secondary roads projects under construction or in planning. [23378/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The planning, design and implementation of  individual road projects is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Within the budget available to it, the allocation of funding to individual projects is a matter for TII.

Noting the above position, I have referred the Deputy's question in relation to national secondary roads to TII for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you don't receive a reply within 10 working days.

The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority 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. Each local authority is the contracting authority for the purpose of implementation of regional and local road improvement projects.

My Department is committed to providing grant funding to 13 projects at present under the capital investment plan. The current status and estimated grant commitment for each of these projects is set out in the following table.