Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 January 2023
1908. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local improvement scheme applications completed in each county in each of the years from 2016 to 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63918/22]
View answerThe Local Improvement Scheme, or LIS, supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not normally maintained by local authorities. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring that the LIS is funded into the future.
The Scheme was reintroduced by my Department in 2017 following a number of years with no dedicated funding. I am committed to improving connectivity for rural residents – whether it be access to homes, farms or outdoor amenities. From 2017 to 2022, my Department has allocated over €100 million towards improvement works on over 3,700 non-public roads and lanes benefiting over 16,000 landowners and residents in these rural areas.
I launched the 2022 scheme with an initial budget of €11 million. Over the course of the year additional funding was sourced from savings within my Department and I doubled the funding allocated to €22 million. I was pleased, as part of Budget 2023, to announce an increase in the base funding for LIS to €12 million.
I intend to continue to seek the support of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, in order to fund the strong demand which exists for the scheme in rural Ireland.
The table below sets out the details on a county basis since 2017 as the Scheme did not operate in 2016.
LIS Roads completed (2017 to 2022)
|
County |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Total |
|
Carlow |
20 |
28 |
14 |
15 |
25 |
37 |
139 |
|
Cavan |
10 |
12 |
4 |
4 |
22 |
25 |
77 |
|
Clare |
28 |
30 |
12 |
12 |
20 |
25 |
127 |
|
Cork |
34 |
62 |
20 |
19 |
29 |
22 |
186 |
|
Donegal |
164 |
107 |
35 |
35 |
67 |
68 |
476 |
|
Galway |
57 |
69 |
36 |
30 |
49 |
50 |
291 |
|
Kerry |
41 |
61 |
21 |
9 |
18 |
23 |
173 |
|
Kildare |
0 |
12 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
11 |
43 |
|
Kilkenny |
16 |
16 |
9 |
7 |
19 |
11 |
78 |
|
Laois |
21 |
15 |
7 |
7 |
13 |
23 |
86 |
|
Leitrim |
20 |
24 |
11 |
9 |
17 |
31 |
112 |
|
Limerick |
18 |
22 |
13 |
8 |
42 |
27 |
130 |
|
Longford |
18 |
25 |
15 |
8 |
14 |
18 |
98 |
|
Louth |
8 |
6 |
6 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
52 |
|
Mayo |
89 |
144 |
74 |
53 |
91 |
31 |
482 |
|
Meath |
22 |
21 |
12 |
5 |
17 |
9 |
86 |
|
Monaghan |
21 |
28 |
14 |
12 |
26 |
14 |
115 |
|
Offaly |
23 |
31 |
16 |
14 |
29 |
32 |
145 |
|
Roscommon |
41 |
91 |
21 |
27 |
30 |
24 |
234 |
|
Sligo |
16 |
22 |
7 |
6 |
15 |
18 |
84 |
|
Tipperary |
10 |
32 |
21 |
20 |
25 |
35 |
143 |
|
Waterford |
17 |
20 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
11 |
70 |
|
Westmeath |
23 |
22 |
12 |
12 |
24 |
20 |
113 |
|
Wexford |
18 |
17 |
11 |
13 |
22 |
23 |
104 |
|
Wicklow |
7 |
15 |
10 |
6 |
14 |
8 |
60 |
|
Total |
742 |
932 |
412 |
350 |
660 |
608 |
3,704 |
