asked the Minister for the Environment if he will provide Dublin County Council with adequate funds in the current year to enable work to commence on the Pottery Road improvement scheme, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin.

The road referred to by the Deputy is a county road and accordingly any works undertaken on it fall to be financed from the county council's funds supplemented by general road grants. The "block grant" for Dublin County Council amounts to £577,000 for 1978. The timing and execution of such works is a matter for decision by the council.