Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regional and local road grant allocations to all four Dublin local authorities by grant and local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and the provisional allocation for 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8421/21]

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 the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable.

Arising from the arrangements in place in relation to Local Property Tax receipts, the four Dublin Councils became self funding for regional and local roads under the main road grant categories from 2015. Accordingly, these Councils do not feature in most of the grant programmes but are eligible for certain grants such as the training and road condition survey grants and may apply for monies under the Strategic Grant programme. In this context provision was made in the NDP 2018-2027 for the upgrade of the Nangor and Adamstown roads in the vicinity of Grange Castle Business Park and the Department has provided grant assistance for that strategic scheme.

As regards allocations to the four Dublin Councils for the years 2016 to 2020, details of the regional and local road grant allocations and payments to local authorities are outlined in the regional and local road allocations and payments booklets which are available in the Oireachtas Library.

The 2021 regional and local road allocations were announced on 15th February 2021. The tables below outline the 2021 grant allocations to the four Dublin Councils.