Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the newly created community involvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22960/13]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of CIS applications and a breakdown on a county basis; when a decision will be made on the allocation of funds and the amount of funding that will be allocated. [22959/13]

Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total value of CIS applications and a breakdown per county; when a decision will be made on allocation of funds; and the amount of funding that will be allocated. [22673/13]

Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of CIS applications per county and the cost of same; the amount of funding that will be allocated; and when an announcement may be expected. [22769/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 47, 60 and 73 together.

In February this year, my Department launched a pilot Community Involvement Scheme which will be based on private contributions towards works on local and regional roads within the range of 20% to 50% depending on the amount and nature of the community contribution.  This enables works to be carried out on less prioritised  roads sooner than would have been otherwise possible.

My Department recently received applications from 25 county councils and 1 city council for funding under this scheme of grants.  All of these applications are being assessed in my Department and it is hoped to announce the allocations to local authorities shortly.  The final allocation will not be known until all of the applications have been fully assessed.

Details of the number and cost of applications received from each local authority are outlined in the table below: