Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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634. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the local improvement scheme allocation to Tipperary County Council was smaller and in some cases half of what was allocated to other smaller counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42922/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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On 21st September, I announced the provision of €10 million for a Local Improvement Scheme.  This is a nation-wide scheme which supports improvement works on private and non-public roads.

My Department wrote to Local Authorities in August to establish the level of demand for an LIS scheme this year. The Local Authorities were advised that any requests for funds would be subject to their capacity to complete any proposed works in 2017, and funding availability.

Within the budget available for 2017, it was not possible to fully support the level of projects that the Local Authorities indicated they could deliver in 2017.  However, all eligible Local Authorities received a minimum of €250,000, with the exception of three Authorities who requested less than that amount.  Tipperary Co. Council was one of those which requested less than €250,000. 

The total value of submissions received from Tipperary County Council was €237,579 and a sum of €237,000 was allocated to them.  The Council was therefore one of the few Local Authorities which received almost all of the funding requested.