Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 256: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the changing nature of the population in rural Ireland and the decline in farming among small holders, he will review the outdated conditions for eligibility for grants for rural accommodation roads which are dependent on a minimum number of turbary holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10516/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Section 81 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides the statutory basis for the Local Improvements Scheme (LIS) and the Local Improvements Scheme Memorandum, which issued in February 2002, sets out the terms and conditions for the payment of LIS grants. Under the Scheme, grants are provided to county councils for the construction and improvement of non-public roads which provide access to parcels of land of which at least two are owned or occupied by different persons engaged in separate agricultural activities, or provide access for harvesting purposes for two or more persons, or which will in the opinion of the county council be used by the public. There are no proposals at present to amend the legislation or the terms and conditions governing the scheme.