Christy O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding made available for local improvement schemes and community involvement schemes to Cork County Council in 2006 and 2007 respectively. [31216/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The grants allocated under the Local Improvements Scheme to Cork County Council in 2006 and 2007 were €1,889,115 and €2,365,465 respectively.

The Community Involvement in Road Works Scheme is a voluntary scheme for works on non-national public roads. Specific grants are not allocated to local authorities for the Scheme. However, local authorities may reserve a portion of their Discretionary Grant allocation for eligible schemes. Furthermore, up to 7.5% of a county council's Restoration Programme grants may be set aside for Community Involvement Schemes in cases where local contributions (in money or in kind) meet not less than 25% of the total cost of a project.