Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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298. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a further allocation of moneys will be allocated to local authorities under the local improvement scheme in 2018; if local authorities that have not completed the work and submitted claims for payment for the allocation made earlier will be considered for a further allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44108/18]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Following on from the successful re-launch of the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) in 2017, I announced details of the 2018 scheme on 27th February last. I allocated an initial sum of €10.8 million to Local Authorities across the country this year under the scheme. 

As part of my Department's engagement with the Local Authorities, I also requested each County Council to compile a secondary list of suitable LIS road projects which could be completed if additional funding became available through my Department later in the year.

I am assessing the level of expenditure on all of my Department's programmes on an on-going basis, and I will make decisions shortly on whether there is scope for any additional funding to be allocated to the Local Improvement Scheme this year.  The manner of distribution of any such funds to the Local Authorities will be made at that stage.