Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 784: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the CLÁR funding that is available for roads in Gaeltacht areas in Mayo for 2008; and the amount that was available in 2007. [1856/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The CLÁR programme operates two measures to provide additional funding to Local Authorities to carry out works on roads in CLÁR areas, the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) measure and the Class II and III Roads measure.

There is no specific allocation of funding for roads in the Gaeltacht areas of Co. Mayo. Under the LIS measure €500,000 was allocated to Co. Mayo in 2007. The allocation to Co. Mayo for Class II and III Roads was €346,900.

Under both measures it is the relevant Local Authority that selects the roads for improvement. The roads selected can be located in either Gaeltacht or Non Gaeltacht areas. No decision on the CLÁR allocation for 2008 has been made yet.