Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Limerick northern distributor road continues to be considered a key infrastructure project that will be progressed as a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32424/21]

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 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 also a matter for the local authority.

The National Development Plan (NDP) as it stands, does provide for the gradual build up in funding for the road network but funding is not yet at the level needed for the adequate maintenance and renewal of regional and local roads. For this reason, the primary focus for capital investment continues to be the maintenance and renewal of the network with some limited investment in road improvement schemes.

Under the National Development Plan there is no Exchequer regional and local road grant funding in place to progress the Limerick Northern Distributor Road through the planning process to construction stage.