Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let me refer to two small schemes, one being for private lanes. They are only local schemes. One is the community involvement in road works scheme, CIR scheme, and I cannot think of the other one. Has the Department a say in these? I have gone to the Minister several times to have them reintroduced. The percentage of CIR scheme funding allocated in Kilkenny is up to the council itself. The other scheme, for private lanes, was once EU-funded. Again, it involved a public private partnership. Has the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport a say in its being brought back? I have written to the Minister several times to ask whether he would bring it back. It was a great small scheme.