Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the maintenance of regional roads in County Cork in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35781/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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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 regional and local road grant allocations are finalised following the publication of the Revised Estimates Volume (REV) and take into account the expenditure outturn on projects and programmes in the preceding year.

While the REV has not been published as yet, I anticipate that there will be additional funding for regional and local road maintenance and renewal in 2021.

My Department also intends to provide grant funding to Cork County Council to assist the Council with the repair and rehabilitation of roads in West Cork following recent severe weather events.