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Community Involvement Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020

Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Questions (282)

Pádraig O'Sullivan

Question:

282. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if access to the CIS will be provided to urban local authorities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32603/20]

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The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority. In the case of the four Dublin Councils, the arrangements in place since 2015 for the retention of Local Property Tax means that these Councils are required to largely self-fund their road programmes.

The Community Involvement Scheme (CIS) is based on community contributions within the range of 15% to 30% and the purpose of the CIS is to facilitate local community participation in the repair of local roads. The focus of the programme is on the repair of more lightly trafficked public roads which might not be high on the list of a local authority's annual roadwork programme.

Following the introduction of ring-fenced funding for CIS programme in 2018 it was decided to provide funding over a two year period 2018/2019 so as to give local authorities more flexibility in delivering this programme. Towards the end of 2019, my Department invited local authorities to submit applications for CIS for another two year programme in the period 2020/2021. Further applications for CIS projects will not, therefore, be sought until sometime next year. Application of the scheme in urban and rural areas will be considered at that point taking into account all available resources.

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