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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)
Brendan Griffin: I welcome the recent allocation of funding nationwide. I particularly welcome the funding for Kerry because is very badly needed. I again call on the Minister, Deputy Ryan, if he is watching, to put some money on the table for the LIS from his Department's budget. He has plenty of money in that budget. I wish to emphasise some of the figures that Tommy Griffin gave me. I think this...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I will ask the officials to speak to Kerry County Council. There is a big difference in the average cost of the of the lanes. Are there longer lanes in Kerry? That is the only thing I do not know.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: ...2017 up to the end of 2025, Clare will have receive €8.3 million in funding for the roads. That is well in excess of Westmeath, which will get €4.6 million. Mayo will get €10.7 million, Kerry will get €10.3 million and Cork, which is a big county, will get €12.5 million.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)
Brendan Griffin: ..., raised with me. He did a detailed analysis of the LIS figures per county per annum. He established that the council in Mayo, which has marginally more finance, has done 549 roads since 2018. Kerry received slightly less funding, but it was still only able to do 194. Unless the roads in Mayo are way shorter and narrower than those in Kerry, there seems to be something wrong. Will the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)
Heather Humphreys: ...the LIS. I will keep it under review over the year because I know how important this scheme is and I am happy to support it in every way I can. In reply to Deputy Griffin, I do not understand why Kerry cannot do as many roads as Mayo. I suggest that the officials in Kerry County Council give their counterparts in Mayo a call because it seems to me that they cannot do as many roads....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (9 May 2024)
Brendan Griffin: ...with the funding provided by her Department; if she will specifically examine how Mayo County Council can have completed 549 road improvements since 2017 with just marginally more funding than Kerry County Council, where just 196 roads were completed in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20867/24]