Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have dealt with LIS roads and provided funding. There was €17.4 million expended last year and €10 million will be allocated this year. The Deputy has made the correct point that the scheme will be open and local authorities know it will be there for the next number of years. With the increasing budgets over the next number of years, I will be able to put further allocations into LIS. The Deputy is quite correct and it is a very important scheme. Deputy Deering asked about rules and they will be the same as last year. I reduced the local contribution from 20% to 15% where a road has five or more houses and it is 10% for roads with five or fewer people. Along with people getting money for roads, they also make a contribution, so I do not want people to think the scheme is for nothing.

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