Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the funding provided to Monaghan County Council for road maintenance and improvement in the years 2019 to 2024 and date in 2025, by year; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43852/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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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.

On 14 February 2025 I announced an Exchequer investment of €713 million in our regional and local roads across the State which represents an overall increase of over 8% in funding this year. The main focus of the grants continues to be the protection and renewal of the regional and local road network.

As regards the funding allocated to and drawn down by Monaghan County Council for road maintenance and road improvement works in each of the years 2019 to 2025, details of the regional and local road allocations and payments to local authorities are outlined in the regional and local road allocations and payments booklets which are available on the Oireachtas Digital Library.

As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is also subject to the Infrastructure Guidelines and the necessary statutory approvals.

National roads allocations for years 2020 - 2024 are available at: www.tii.ie/en/tii-library/reports-accounts/. Full details of national roads allocations for 2025 are available on the TII website: www.tii.ie/media/orbdngms/tii_local-authorities_2025-road-grant-allocations.pdf

I have referred the question to TII for a direct reply regarding 2019 funding allocated to Monaghan County Council. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.