Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total allocation of funding provided, the total number of projects submitted to her Department and the total number of projects completed under the local improvement scheme in 2021, by local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8658/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As part of 'Our Rural Future',the Government is committed to ensuring that the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) is funded into the future. The LIS supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities.

I launched the 2021 Scheme with an initial budget of €10.5 million. I was very pleased to source additional funding during the year and allocated a further round of funding to bring the total for 2021 to €21 million. 

The Table below outlines the level of funding allocated to Local Authorities in 2021, the number of road projects submitted for completion and the number of road projects eventually completed by each of the 25 Local Authorities.