Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 April 2004
200 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the purpose of local improvement scheme grants; and the allocation which has been made to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for 2004. [12280/04]
View answerSection 81 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides the statutory basis for the local improvements scheme and my Department's local improvements scheme memorandum, which issued in February 2002, sets out the current terms and conditions for the payment of local improvements scheme grants. Under the scheme, grants are provided to county councils for the construction and improvement of non-public roads which provide access to parcels of land of which at least two are owned or occupied by different persons engaged in separate agricultural activities, or provide access for harvesting purposes for two or more persons, or which will in the opinion of the county council be used by the public.
No applications for funding under the 2004 scheme were received in my Department from Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and, accordingly, no allocation was made to the council.
