262. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that a councillor's allocation is not generally meant to be spent on routine maintenance, that is, filling of potholes and so on; if he will confirm that a councillor's allocation is so limited that it is unfair of any engineer to ask a member of the public to seek this funding for pothole repairs, the hedges on many of our own roads are nearly meeting in the middle of the road at this stage; if he will override the legislation in the Road Traffic Act that it is the landowner's responsibility to cut the hedges and allow councillors to use a councillor's allocation for sensible work, which would be cutting back hedges in the interest of road safety; if he will issue a directive to all county managers asking them to ensure that their engineers desist from the practice of directing members of the public to their local councillors to allocate funding for routine maintenance repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29725/13]

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262. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that a councillor's allocation is not generally meant to be spent on routine maintenance, that is, filling of potholes and so on; if he will confirm that a councillor's allocation is so limited that it is unfair of any engineer to ask a member of the public to seek this funding for pothole repairs, the hedges on many of our own roads are nearly meeting in the middle of the road at this stage; if he will override the legislation in the Road Traffic Act that it is the landowner's responsibility to cut the hedges and allow councillors to use a councillor's allocation for sensible work, which would be cutting back hedges in the interest of road safety; if he will issue a directive to all county managers asking them to ensure that their engineers desist from the practice of directing members of the public to their local councillors to allocate funding for routine maintenance repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29725/13]

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