Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. In fairness, Louth is one of those counties that does not have a big backlog on its LIS but I accept that the county certainly has an issue with storm damage. I have been up in County Louth myself, as the Deputy knows, out on the Cooley Peninsula, and I saw the scale of the damage that was done there. It is unbelievable when you see the water. It just came down the mountains and ripped up everything. It was terrible. I will be meeting with my officials shortly around LIS allocations for the year ahead and I know there is cross-party support on this because Senators McGahon and McGreehan have also raised this particular issue with me. I will certainly look at this and consider what we can do. If there is any flexibility we can provide, depending on the road in question, the local authority and indeed the Department of Transport may be able to assist as well. However, I do not think I have been found wanting in terms of the LIS. Anytime I had surplus money I have topped up the schemes because there are some counties with very long lists.

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