Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he expects to progress the provision of a new bridge to cross the River Liffey in Celbridge, County Kildare (details supplied); if new and up to date plans can be formulated as a matter of urgency to provide the facilities in early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18178/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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As part of this first tranche of approvals under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund, Kildare County Council was allocated URDF support of €400,000 to support its proposed work to progress the technical and preparatory element of the Celbridge Southern Relief Road & Second Liffey Crossing.  The advancement and completion of this project is, in the first instance, a matter for Kildare County Council.   

Kildare County Council has recently submitted an application under Call 2 of the Fund seeking continued URDF support to advance the further development of the project.  The closing date for applications under Call 2 was 29 May.   

A large number of proposals were received under Call 2, with every local authority submitting at least one application for URDF support. Due to the nature of the URDF programme the proposals are very complex, and each will require detailed assessment. The assessment process will take place over the coming months with the intention that a new tranche of approved proposals, which will augment the existing pipeline of projects from Call 1 and contribute to the achievement of NPF objectives, will be announced later in the year.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which relief road proposals scheduled for Maynooth, County Kildare continue to remain on target in order to facilitate the growing population and traffic flows which continues to be affected by population overspill from Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18643/20]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Kildare County Council has received approval for exchequer grant funding of €10,800,000 under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to support its completion of the Maynooth Eastern Relief Road and Bridge Crossing Railway and Royal Canal. LIHAF is primarily designed to fund the provision of public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages and enable housing developments to be built on key sites at scale.

The Maynooth Eastern Relief Road is intended to facilitate the delivery of approximately 800 homes.  Kildare County Council has confirmed to the Department that the infrastructure works are currently at detailed design stage. It is the responsibility of Kildare County Council to progress the project and the Council has confirmed that it is working to advance this project.