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 Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority.

The payments to local authorities are outlined in the regional and local road payments booklets which are available in the Oireachtas Library. The payments booklets outline expenditure by type of grant programme. However, for convenience the grant funding provided to Monaghan County Council for the maintenance and upkeep of regional and local roads are outlined in the table below.

Monaghan	Restoration Improvement	Restoration Maintenance	Supplementary Restoration Maintenance
2016	€ 3,879,025	€ 1,091,862	€ -
2017	€ 4,324,589	€ 1,091,862	€ -
2018	€ 5,111,000	€ 879,000	€ 399,500
2019	€ 5,606,500	€ 1,028,000	€ 405,500
2020	€ 6,315,500	€ 1,121,500	€ 694,000
2021	€ 6,702,000	€ 1,121,500	€ 801,000
2022	€ 7,269,000	€ 1,121,500	€ 881,000
2023	€ 7,681,500	€ 1,121,500	€ 881,000

Monaghan	Discretionary Grant	Bridge Rehabilitation	Specific Imp. Grants
2016	€ 1,692,045	€ 236,000	€ -
2017	€ 1,786,299	€ 255,000	€ -
2018	€ 1,787,000	€ 400,000	€ 20,000
2019	€ 2,075,500	€ 381,940	€ 250,000
2020	€ 2,079,500	€ 832,800	€ 1,020,000
2021	€ 2,071,500	€ 743,000	€ 1,350,000
2022	€ 2,070,500	€ 788,500	€ 1,150,000
2023	€ 2,073,000	€ 722,000	€ 1,045,000
Monaghan	Strategic Regional and Local Roads	Safety Improvement Works	Drainage Grant
2016	€ -	€ 175,000	€ -
2017	€ -	€ 175,000	€ -
2018	€ -	€ 185,000	€ 267,000
2019	€ -	€ 205,000	€ 534,000
2020	€ -	€ 266,000	€ 524,880
2021	€ 100,000	€ 255,800	€ 524,880
2022	€ 100,000	€ 262,000	€ 524,880
2023	€ 100,000	€ 265,000	€ 525,000
Monaghan	Cycle Signs	Speed Limits (Housing Area Signage)	Speed Limits (Rural Speed Limit Signage)
2016	€ -	€ -	€ -
2017	€ -	€ -	€ -
2018	€ -	€ -	€ -
2019	€ -	€ -	€ -
2020	€ -	€ -	€ -
2021	€ 9,100	€ -	€ -
2022		€ 13,770	€ 15,600
2023	€ -	€ 12,640	€ -
Monaghan	Speed Limits	Training Grant	Community Involvement Scheme
2016	€ 49,500	€ 40,000	€ -
2017	€ 12,200	€ 40,000	€ -
2018	€ 8,825	€ 40,000	€ 186,000
2019	€ 3,375	€ 40,000	€ 617,919
2020	€ 12,000	€ 53,000	€ 544,000
2021	€ 9,000	€ 53,000	€ 544,000
2022	€ -	€ 53,000	€ 432,850
2023	€ -	€ 53,000	€ 354,150
Monaghan	Former National roads	PSCI: Survey Support	Active Travel
2016	€ -	€ -	€ -
2017	€ -	€ -	€ -
2018	€ -	€ -	€ -
2019	€ -	€ -	€ -
2020	€ -	€ 18,000	€ -
2021	€ 300,000	€ 18,000	€ 272,843
2022	€ 250,000	€ 18,000	€ -
2023	€ 245,480	€ 18,000	€ -
Monaghan	Climate Adaptation	Severe Weather
2016		€ -
2017		€ -
2018		€ -
2019		€ -
2020		€ -
2021	€ 130,775	€ -
2022	€ 418,000	€ -
2023	€ 375,000	€ -

For the Deputy's information an explanation of the purpose of the main Regional and Local Road Grant Programmes is set out below:

Restoration Maintenance (RM): The purpose of the RM grant is to protect the structural integrity of the road by way of surface dressing through the sealing of the road surface. The purpose of restoration maintenance is to maintain the asset before it requires improvement.

Restoration Improvement Grant (RI):The RI grant programme is the main road strengthening programme and caters for surface restoration, pavement overlay works, complete road rehabilitation works and for drainage works where required.

Discretionary Grant (DG): Councils have discretion in spending these grants for improvement and maintenance works subject to selecting from a list of eligible works. However Councils are requested to prioritise projects which involve strengthening works, remedying road defects, winter maintenance and drainage works.

Bridge Rehabilitation (BR): This programme allows local authorities to apply for monies to undertake bridge rehabilitation works.

Safety Improvement Works (BS): This programme allows local authorities to apply for monies to undertake safety improvement works.

Community Involvement Scheme (CIS):Facilitates community involvement in the repair and improvement of roads.

Drainage Programme (DR): The purpose of this grant is to promote network resilience.

Former National Roads (FN): The purpose of this grant is to provide assistance to local authorities specifically for the maintenance of former national roads.

Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (CCAR): The purpose of this grant is to provide assistance to local authorities for road adaptation/resilience works which have become necessary due to the effects of climate change.

Specific Grant and Strategic Grants: The Department does not seek annual applications from local authorities in respect of the Specific and Strategic grant programmes. Instead it considers road improvement projects on a case by case basis taking into account the availability of funding and the outcome of project appraisals.

Grant allocations for 2024 will be notified to local authorities shortly.

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority.

Arising from the arrangements in place in relation to Local Property Tax receipts, the four Dublin Councils are largely self-funding for works on regional and local roads since 2015 and my Department no longer provides grants to these Councils under the main regional and local road grant categories.

Within the budget available to the Department, grant funding is allocated on as fair and equitable a basis as possible. In this context, grants in the main grant categories are allocated based on the length of regional and local roads within a local authority area of responsibility with additional weighting based on contributing traffic factors in specific areas.

The length of regional and local roads within each local authority that have been used as a basis for maintenance grant allocations with effect from 2020 are set out in the table below.

Local Authority	Regional km	Local km	Total km
Carlow	187,992	1,062,079	1,250,072
Cavan	404,073	2,503,646	2,907,718
Clare	634,231	3,478,256	4,112,488
Cork	1,320,362	10,420,451	11,740,813
Donegal	785,569	5,383,828	6,169,397
Galway	906,520	5,625,337	6,531,857
Kerry	534,738	3,918,603	4,453,341
Kildare	486,993	1,970,674	2,457,666
Kilkenny	422,128	2,626,103	3,048,231
Laois	346,302	1,863,742	2,210,044
Leitrim	333,485	1,794,222	2,127,708
Limerick	540,576	3,273,958	3,814,534
Longford	152,440	1,399,716	1,552,156
Louth	286,445	1,212,031	1,498,476
Mayo	624,764	5,612,795	6,237,560
Meath	577,973	2,603,664	3,181,637
Monaghan	297,452	2,155,868	2,453,320
Offaly	392,610	1,696,194	2,088,804
Roscommon	375,896	3,376,993	3,752,889
Sligo	236,195	2,443,127	2,679,322
Tipperary	898,924	4,672,198	5,571,123
Waterford	438,158	2,380,631	2,818,790
Westmeath	307,042	1,900,654	2,207,694
Wexford	476,996	3,003,349	3,480,345
Wicklow	465,015	1,821,763	2,286,778
Cork City	98,380	804,113	902,494
Galway City	39,244	247,168	286,413
Total	12,570,503	79,251,163	91,821,670