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Dáil Éireann - Volume 252 - 25 March, 1971 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Donegal Roads. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte 67. Mr. Harte asked the Minister for Local Government if he will re-examine the application by Donegal County Council for the re-classification of the Bridgend-Buncrana road. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte 68. Mr. Harte asked the Minister for Local Government if he will re-examine the application by Donegal County Council for the re-classification of the Dunkineely-Killybegs road. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 68 together. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte Mr. Harte: Might I request you, Sir, to ask the Minister to take these questions separately. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: I propose taking them together. An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Denis Francis Jones 1496 [1496] An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: If the Minister proposes taking them together there is nothing the Chair can do. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: I assume that the Deputy has in mind the representations of the Donegal County Council to have the roads referred to in the question classified as national secondary roads. The designation of the roads to form the national systems has been completed and my final decisions thereon were notified to road authorities on 6th August, 1970. Those decisions were reached following several comprehensive reviews of the classification proposals, in the course of which full consideration was given to the representations and views received from the road authorities, including the Donegal County Council, and other interested bodies. I am satisfied that there is no justification for altering the decision already conveyed to the Donegal County Council which was to the effect that the inclusion of the roads referred to in the national road network would not be warranted. I might add that studies are at present in progress with a view to identifying the roads to form the regional road systems and that, at a later stage, the Donegal County Council will be consulted in relation to the outcome of those studies in so far as they affect the roads in their area. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte Mr. Harte: Might I ask the Minister if he has consulted with his Parliamentary Secretary, Deputy Cunningham, in connection with the Bridgend/ Buncrana road? Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: I have answered the question. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte Mr. Harte: The Minister says he gave due consideration to the representations made to him. I am asking him if his Parliamentary Secretary, Deputy Cunningham, is one of the people who made representations to him? Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: Sin ceist eile. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte 1497 Mr. Harte: I take it the Minister consulted with the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Deputy Brennan, in connection with the Killybegs/ [1497] Dunkineely road. It is remarkable that the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare lives in Dunkineely—— An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Denis Francis Jones An Leas-Cheann Comhairle: The Deputy is making a speech. Mr. Harte Mr. Harte Mr. Harte: ——and the Minister's Parliamentary Secretary lives in Bridgend. Every member of the county council agrees that the representations made by the local authority to the Department of Local Government were just and reasonable. Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy Mr. Molloy: These are not through roads. Dáil Éireann 252 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. County Donegal Roads. Questions 19710325
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