Local Improvement Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 July 2019

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Questions (735)

Dara Calleary

Question:

735. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of rural roads that have received funding under the local improvement scheme, LIS, in each of the years from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority, in tabular form; the projected number of road projects to be completed in 2019; the number of projects approved under the LIS since it was re-established on an annual basis, by county; and the number of projects that were not approved, by county. [29539/19]

Written answers

Minister for Rural and Community Development

Since I reintroduced the Local Improvement Scheme in 2016, I have allocated over €48 million to the scheme, which has resulted in the approval of over 2,000 roads projects.

The LIS is funded by my Department and administered through the Local Authorities. The number and location of roads to benefit from improvement works is a matter for the relevant Local Authority, and my Department does not hold records of projects not approved at Local Authority level.

The table outlines the number of LIS projects approved, and the number that have been confirmed as completed to date since 2017. In a small number of cases, the number completed is greater than the number originally approved, due to necessary substitutions agreed with the Department. A number of Local Authorities have yet to submit their final account confirming the funding spent and the number of roads projects completed, particularly in respect of 2018. My Department is addressing this with the Local Authorities.

Local Authority	Number of Roads Approved in 2017	Number of Roads Confirmed Complete under the 2017 Scheme	Number of Roads Approved in 2018	Number of Roads Confirmed Complete under the 2018 Scheme to Date	Number of Roads Approved in 2019
Carlow	20	20	28	28	14
Cavan	10	10	11	6	4
Clare	28	28	30	30	12
Cork	21	TBC	61	42	20
Donegal	164	164	106	56	34
Galway	57	57	66	69	37
Kerry	41	41	58	36	26
Kildare	0	0	12	12	8
Kilkenny	16	16	15	9	12
Laois	21	20	19	21	6
Leitrim	18	18	21	24	10
Limerick	18	17	21	22	13
Longford	18	17	25	13	15
Louth	8	8	5	6	7
Mayo	89	86	139	79	73
Meath	22	22	21	21	12
Monaghan	21	21	31	28	10
Offaly	20	20	31	31	11
Roscommon	41	41	92	55	21
Sligo	16	16	22	22	7
Tipperary	9	9	25	24	21
Waterford	17	17	19	20	4
Westmeath	23	23	22	22	12
Wexford	18	18	17	17	11
Wicklow	7	7	15	15	11
TOTAL	723	696	912	685	411