asked the Minister for the Environment if he is aware that in the case of the national primary road scheme of Dublin County Council in relation to the works on the Stillorgan Grove-Whites Cross section of the Bray Road dual carriageway, the initial allocation of £380,000 and the further allocation of £150,000 notified on 25 September 1980, together with £100,000 for maintenance works have now been fully expended, that his Department had previously been requested to fund the works necessary to complete the scheme to Whites Cross and to fund further necessary works immediately beyond the junction at Whites Cross; and if he will make a statement indicating when Dublin County Council may expect further funds from his Department in relation to this matter.

The latest returns of expenditure supplied by Dublin County Council (to end-September 1980) for the Stillorgan Grove/White's Cross scheme show that the council has expended £2,666,236 on the scheme, towards which road grants totalling £2,678,902, including supplementary grant of £150,000 notified on 25 September 1980, have been allocated to date.

As regards the proposed improvement immediately south of the junction at White's Cross, the council was asked on 1 February 1980 to prepare the final design for the scheme and this is still awaited.

When determining the road grants for 1981 I will consider making further grants for the completion of the scheme.

The county council's proposals for the expenditure of the £100,000 supplementary maintenance grant notified on 25 September 1980 were received in my Department on 20 October and approval to the proposals issued on 3 November 1980. There are no returns of expenditure of this grant yet available to me.

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