Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for national roads from 2020 to date in 2025 by local authority, in tabular form. [45358/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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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: tii_local-authorities_2025-road-grant-allocations.pdf.

Noting the above position, I have referred your question to TII for a direct reply regarding payments for national roads. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for regional roads from 2020 to date in 2025 by local authority, in tabular form. [45359/25]

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.

Within the budget available to my Department, grant funding is allocated on the basis of grant programmes and not on the basis of the category of road. The allocation of funding across specific roads or across categories of road is primarily a matter for each local authority, having regard to the funding available to it from local and central sources as well as its particular priorities.

The main Regional and Local Road Grant programmes are focussed on specific policy objectives i.e. surface sealing to protect the road surface from water damage, road strengthening based on pavement condition rating to lengthen the life of roads and a Discretionary Grant Scheme which allows for a specified range of activities including winter maintenance. These 3 grant programmes account for most of the grant funding and are allocated taking into account the length of the road network and traffic factors in a particular local authority area. Apart from a requirement that 15% of the road strengthening grant is spent on regional roads, the allocation of funding to different categories of road is entirely a matter for decision by each local authority.

As regards the funding allocated to and drawn down by each local authority for regional and local roads from 2020 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.

Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for greenway projects from 2020 to date in 2025 by local authority, in tabular form. [45360/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to Greenways. In line with Section 32 (2) of the Roads Act 1993, the planning, design, and construction of individual Greenways is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Investment in Greenway and National Roads Active Travel projects is also subject to the requirements of the Infrastructure Guidelines and necessary statutory approvals.

In this context, TII is best placed to advise you on the payment status of Greenway projects under it's remit. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.