Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow county council allocations to contribute to the 20% local contribution for 2014 community involvement schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52621/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department launched a pilot Community Involvement Scheme (CIS) earlier this year for works on regional and local roads.  The scheme is aimed at works on local roads which would usually only be considered for funding towards the end of a Council’s road programme after more heavily trafficked routes had been dealt with.  This is a voluntary scheme and is based on community contributions within the range of 20% to 50%.  

The uptake on the Community Involvement Scheme is currently being assessed for its potential to continue beyond 2013. However, should I decide to continue the scheme, County Councillor Allowances (CCAs) would not be considered eligible as a local contribution, as this would mean that all the funds for the project were coming from either the central exchequer or local authority resources and no community contribution was being made.