Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has allocated any specific funding to any local authority for 2013 in respect of the local improvement scheme; if so, the amount of funding allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14236/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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This year, local authorities are permitted to use up to 7% of their Discretionary Grant (as notified in January 2013) for works under the Local Improvement Scheme should they wish to do so. As a result, the Local Improvement Scheme has been suspended for 2013.