Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Local Improvement Scheme Funding
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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923. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to each local authority for the local improvement scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27457/16]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) provides funding for private roads and laneways, the maintenance and improvement of which is, in the first instance, a matter for the relevant landowner. While the LIS does not have a ring-fenced allocation at present, local authorities may use a proportion of State grant funding (15% of the Discretionary Grant) for LIS should they wish to do so. In addition Councils can also provide monies from their own resources towards LIS.
The Programme for a Partnership Government provides that, as the economy recovers, the Government will promote increased funding for Local Improvement Schemes, on an annual basis. A major objective for the new Government will be to prioritise new investment in local and regional road maintenance and improvements, and LIS funding will be promoted in that context.
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