Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether funding is available for infrastructure and traffic calming in Cloughduv village. [21645/24]

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.

My Department provides grant assistance to local authorities under the Regional and Local Road Grant Programme for a number of targeted programmes, including the Safety Improvement Programme. Applications are sought each year from local authorities under this programme for consideration for funding in the subsequent year. In this context funding can be sought for traffic calming measures. It is a matter for Cork County Council to submit such an application for consideration of funding.