Local Improvement Scheme Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 March 2020

Thursday, 5 March 2020

Ceisteanna (1103)

Dara Calleary

Ceist:

1103. 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 2018 and 2019, by local authority in tabular form; the projected number of road projects 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. [3860/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Rural and Community Development

I reintroduced the Local Improvement Scheme, or LIS, in 2017. Since then, over €48 million has been allocated to the LIS with over 2,000 road projects approved for works.

The LIS is funded by my Department and administered through the Local Authorities. The number and location of roads to benefit from improvement works under the scheme is a matter for the relevant Local Authority.

The table outlines the number of LIS projects approved and the number that have been confirmed as completed under the scheme since it was re-launched in 2017.  In a small number of cases, the number of roads completed is greater than the number originally approved, due to necessary substitutions agreed with my Department, as allowed for under the terms of the scheme. 

My Department does not hold records of projects that have not been approved at Local Authority level, and any queries or appeals in respect of such projects are a matter for the relevant Local Authority.   

Table 1: LIS-Number of Roads Approved and Completed

Local Authority	Roads Approved in   2017	Number of Roads   Confirmed Complete under the 2017 Scheme	Roads Approved in   2018	Number of Roads   Confirmed Complete under the 2018 Scheme	Roads Approved in   2019	Number of Roads   Confirmed Complete under the 2019 Scheme
Carlow	20	20	28	28	14	14
Cavan	10	10	11	12	4	4
Clare	28	28	30	30	12	12
Cork	21	21	61	62	20	20
Donegal	164	164	106	107	34	35
Galway	57	57	66	69	37	36
Kerry	41	41	58	61	26	21
Kildare	0	0	12	12	8	8
Kilkenny	16	16	15	16	12	9
Laois	21	20	19	15	6	7
Leitrim	18	18	21	24	10	11
Limerick	18	17	21	22	13	13
Longford	18	17	25	25	15	15
Louth	8	8	5	6	7	6
Mayo	89	86	139	144	73	74
Meath	22	22	21	21	12	12
Monaghan	21	21	31	28	10	14
Offaly	20	20	31	31	11	9
Roscommon	41	41	92	91	21	21
Sligo	16	16	22	22	7	7
Tipperary	9	9	25	32	21	21
Waterford	17	17	19	20	4	3
Westmeath	23	23	22	22	12	12
Wexford	18	18	17	17	11	11
Wicklow	7	7	15	15	11	10
TOTAL	723	717	912	932	411	405