Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 1400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding which has been announced in 2005 to enable local authorities provide community projects (details supplied). [25394/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In May 2005, I announced proposals for a pilot project for the provision of a number of skateboard facilities. My Department wrote to all city and county councils at that time enclosing details of the initiative, including the selection criteria, and invited councils to submit an application to participate in the pilot project. All applications received are currently being examined in my Department, with the assistance of the National Children's Office, and I intend to announce details of individual grants and the total funding being provided in the near future.

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 1402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money he has provided for LIS schemes in each county over each of the past five years; the length of waiting lists in each county; if any effort is being made to provide extra funds or rectify the imbalance in any way where counties have extremely long waiting lists; his views on whether these laneways provide vital links for so many in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25466/05]

Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 1408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount he has provided for LIS schemes in each county over each of the past five years; the length of waiting lists in each county; if any effort is being made to provide extra funds to rectify the imbalance whereby certain counties have extremely long waiting lists; his views on whether these laneways provide vital links for so many in rural parts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25609/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1402 and 1408 together.

The initial allocation to each county council under the local improvements scheme, or LIS, in each of the years 2001 to 2005 is set out in the following table. Information regarding waiting lists in individual counties is not available in my Department. Information on the operation of the LIS in each county council area is sought from councils each year. This includes details of the number of applications on hands and the estimated cost of those applications at the end of each year. Table 2 sets out details of the number of applications on hand and the estimated cost of those applications at the end of 2004. I am conscious of the importance of the LIS and will take account of the needs of all county councils when decisions regarding LIS grants for 2006 are being taken in the new year.