Written answers
Monday, 8 September 2025
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Departmental Expenditure
Erin McGreehan (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46351/25]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The funding allocated to County Louth under the Department of Transport from 2023 to date, per year, is set out below in tabular form.
Year | Purpose of Funding | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Active Travel Infrastructure (via NTA) | €5,285,000 |
| 2023 | Greenway Infrastructure (via TII) | €700,000 |
| 2023 | Maintenance and renewal of the rail network | See text below table |
| 2024 | Active Travel Infrastructure (via NTA) | €4,000,000 |
| 2024 | Greenway Infrastructure (via TII) | €850,000 |
| 2024 | Development of EV Infrastructure Strategy for Local Authorities under Regional and Local EV Charging Network Plan 2025-2030 | €73,000 + VAT (part of this funding will be used on strategy development in Co. Louth, but as Co. Kildare is the Regional Lead it will be paid to Kildare Co. Council) |
| 2024 | Maintenance and renewal of the rail network | See text below table |
| 2025 to date | Active Travel Infrastructure (via NTA) | €5,800,000 |
| 2025 to date | Greenway Infrastructure (via TII) | €610,000 |
| 2025 to date | Maintenance and renewal of the rail network | See text below table |
As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport. The operation, maintenance and renewal of the rail network and stations on the network, including in County Louth, is a matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance.
In view of Iarnród Éireann's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please contact my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.
Regional and local roads
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.
As regards the funding allocated to Louth County Council for regional and local roads in each of the years 2023 to present, 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.
National Roads
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 planning, design and construction 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 2023 -2024 for Louth County Council 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
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