Written answers

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Department of Rural and Community Development

Local Improvement Scheme Applications

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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1193. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a special application by a person (details supplied) in respect of a person will be accepted. [25121/18]

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The case which the Deputy refers to would be entirely a matter for consideration by the relevant Local Authority under the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS). LIS is a programme for improvement works on small private/non-public roads and is currently funded by my Department and delivered through the Local Authorities.

I launched the 2018 LIS programme in February this year with an allocation of €10 million distributed across the Local Authorities. Under the scheme, it is the responsibility of the relevant Local Authority to select and prioritise the road projects that will receive LIS funding in line with the scheme criteria. The list of projects which the Local Authorities plan to undertake this year have now been published on the Rural Development pages of my Department's website.

Should additional funding become available for the scheme later this year, it will again be up to the Local Authorities to prioritise projects under any additional allocation they may receive. Neither I nor my Department have any input into the Local Authorities' selection process.

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