asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the deplorable state of the roads in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will allocate funds for their immediate repair.

I am aware of the needs of the road network in Drogheda. The road grants amounting to £443,000 which I have allocated to Drogheda Corporation this year include special grants of £50,000 for improvement work on Newfoundwell Road and £55,000 for special maintenance works on other strategic roads in Drogheda. The corporation are at present undertaking a programme of works to be financed from this latter grant in addition to their normal programme of maintenance on the national routes to be financed from the grant of £30,000 which I have allocated for the purpose.

The grants already made to road authorities absorb the total of the moneys available to me for road grants in 1980 and there are no other funds at my disposal from which additional road grants can be allocated.