TRANSPORT MINISTER ASKS OFFICIALS TO ENGAGE WITH COUNTY COUNCIL ON ROADS MEETING

Minister of Transport Eamon Ryan has asked officials of his Department to engage with Monaghan Co Council regarding a future meeting with them to discuss the condition of roads in the county. So Minister Ryan informed Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth in the Dáil recently.

In a Parliamentary Question, Deputy Smyth asked the Minister if he was willing to meet with the Co Council to discuss the roads issue. Confirming that he had requested his officials to liaise with the Monaghan local authority, Minister Ryan also stated in his reply: “The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority and Exchequer funding is intended to supplement local authorities’ own resources. “The 2022 regional and local road grants were notified to local authorities on the 15th February and Monaghan County Council has been allocated a total of €15,868,600 million which compares to an allocation of €7,684,950 million in 2017. “The Department’s grant funding for the maintenance of regional and local roads is allocated to local authorities on a pro-rata basis, determined mainly by the length of the regional and local road network in the county. “Decisions regarding allocations to individual Municipal Districts are a matter for each local authority, taking….