Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 577: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of local improvement scheme applications approved on a county basis over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/11]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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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.

The administration of the Local Improvements Scheme, is a matter for the relevant county council and applications under the scheme are submitted to, and decided by, the relevant county council. My Department has no function in the matter.

My Department's role is confined to the allocation of funds under the scheme to individual county councils. The allocations made to local authorities under this scheme of grants over the past five years are available in the Dáil Library. The information is contained within the annual Regional and Local Roads Allocations publication.