Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2025
799. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of LIS funding that was provided, broken down by county; and LIS funding that was drawn down, broken down by county, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [73785/25]
View answerThe Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) provides for the upgrade of non-public rural roads and laneways that are typically not maintained by local authorities. It was re-introduced by my Department in 2017. Since then, almost €184 million has been allocated to local authorities for LIS.
While the Department provides funding for the scheme, it is managed by local authorities, which are responsible for selecting and prioritising roads. This includes handling applications, prioritising eligible roads, scheduling works, and maintaining waiting lists. The following tables provide details of the funding allocated to each local authority from 2017 to 2025. They include details of LIS spend from 2017 to 2024. The expenditure figures for 2025 will be available in the new year.
From 2023, the funding provided includes ringfenced funding allocations to 5 counties with inhabited offshore islands - Cork, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, and Sligo. These counties received dedicated LIS funding for repair and upgrade works on eligible island roads, amounting to €776,000 in 2023 and €550,000 in 2024 and 2025. This allocation is included in the figures provided.
Local Improvement Scheme allocation and spend by county from 2017 to 2025
|
County |
2017 Allocation |
2017 Spend |
2018 Allocation |
2018 Spend |
2019 Allocation |
2019 Spend |
|
Carlow |
€440,460 |
€440,460 |
€528,279 |
€521,812 |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
|
Cavan |
€335,080 |
€335,080 |
€636,680 |
€631,468 |
€269,254 |
€267,071 |
|
Clare |
€866,774 |
€866,774 |
€1,038,844 |
€1,023,900 |
€480,811 |
€480,720 |
|
Cork |
€1,151,985 |
€1,055,313 |
€1,700,000 |
€1,381,616 |
€900,000 |
€842,918 |
|
Donegal |
€3,384,000 |
€3,061,655 |
€1,792,516 |
€1,670,399 |
€677,456 |
€634,894 |
|
Galway |
€1,368,651 |
€1,368,651 |
€1,942,000 |
€1,942,000 |
€856,959 |
€856,959 |
|
Kerry |
€995,578 |
€980,226 |
€1,209,990 |
€1,154,790 |
€669,930 |
€644,054 |
|
Kildare |
€0 |
€0 |
€329,591 |
€329,590 |
€250,000 |
€246,244 |
|
Kilkenny |
€605,565 |
€598,079 |
€679,683 |
€663,737 |
€288,905 |
€254,848 |
|
Laois |
€812,270 |
€756,790 |
€568,255 |
€562,054 |
€250,000 |
€241,871 |
|
Leitrim |
€487,947 |
€487,947 |
€550,120 |
€550,120 |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
|
Limerick |
€544,861 |
€544,861 |
€684,349 |
€684,349 |
€384,092 |
€357,719 |
|
Longford |
€302,443 |
€302,443 |
€472,217 |
€470,125 |
€250,000 |
€239,170 |
|
Louth |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
€249,984 |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
|
Mayo |
€1,272,974 |
€1,272,974 |
€1,843,235 |
€1,802,851 |
€778,496 |
€778,496 |
|
Meath |
€474,290 |
€470,870 |
€773,404 |
€765,001 |
€326,394 |
€326,394 |
|
Monaghan |
€366,312 |
€349,040 |
€540,841 |
€540,841 |
€250,000 |
€249,894 |
|
Offaly |
€676,155 |
€676,155 |
€644,654 |
€644,486 |
€278,871 |
€275,196 |
|
Roscommon |
€421,258 |
€421,258 |
€820,968 |
€817,242 |
€355,104 |
€354,774 |
|
Sligo |
€496,158 |
€496,155 |
€606,870 |
€606,870 |
€256,154 |
€256,154 |
|
Tipperary |
€246,900 |
€244,329 |
€794,400 |
€771,972 |
€599,969 |
€599,969 |
|
Waterford |
€718,689 |
€660,825 |
€607,047 |
€607,047 |
€258,802 |
€258,802 |
|
Westmeath |
€516,324 |
€516,324 |
€607,224 |
€607,224 |
€256,433 |
€256,433 |
|
Wexford |
€494,493 |
€494,493 |
€511,410 |
€504,968 |
€329,878 |
€329,844 |
|
Wicklow |
€310,000 |
€310,000 |
€668,135 |
€668,135 |
€282,494 |
€278,180 |
|
Total |
€17,539,167 |
€16,960,702 |
€20,800,712 |
€20,172,581 |
€10,000,002 |
€9,780,604 |
|
County |
2020 Allocation |
2020 Spend |
2021 Allocation |
2021 Spend |
2022 Allocation |
2022 Spend |
|
Carlow |
€250,000 |
€249,753 |
€463,931 |
€463,172 |
€944,082 |
€942,733 |
|
Cavan |
€269,254 |
€269,240 |
€1,119,389 |
€1,109,320 |
€1,273,457 |
€1,213,778 |
|
Clare |
€480,811 |
€480,811 |
€828,528 |
€828,528 |
€1,238,015 |
€1,230,495 |
|
Cork |
€900,000 |
€896,693 |
€1,412,738 |
€1,410,172 |
€1,298,240 |
€1,173,997 |
|
Donegal |
€677,456 |
€644,541 |
€1,188,403 |
€1,186,370 |
€1,711,214 |
€1,708,228 |
|
Galway |
€856,959 |
€856,959 |
€1,580,871 |
€1,554,615 |
€1,682,841 |
€1,673,487 |
|
Kerry |
€669,930 |
€648,306 |
€1,187,099 |
€1,185,874 |
€1,495,490 |
€1,349,878 |
|
Kildare |
€250,000 |
€249,181 |
€495,586 |
€466,720 |
€435,326 |
€420,328 |
|
Kilkenny |
€288,905 |
€264,194 |
€778,682 |
€778,682 |
€628,610 |
€610,499 |
|
Laois |
€250,000 |
€217,537 |
€554,259 |
€526,202 |
€860,277 |
€854,420 |
|
Leitrim |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
€503,830 |
€503,830 |
€1,081,038 |
€1,075,925 |
|
Limerick |
€384,090 |
€377,009 |
€1,504,659 |
€1,488,946 |
€930,989 |
€921,482 |
|
Longford |
€250,000 |
€220,544 |
€393,041 |
€386,892 |
€465,940 |
€403,581 |
|
Louth |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
€417,821 |
€417,821 |
€448,273 |
€439,780 |
|
Mayo |
€778,496 |
€777,434 |
€1,361,625 |
€1,354,390 |
€610,944 |
€597,570 |
|
Meath |
€326,394 |
€322,563 |
€803,937 |
€801,533 |
€569,299 |
€536,436 |
|
Monaghan |
€250,000 |
€250,000 |
€1,326,223 |
€1,326,223 |
€932,889 |
€932,889 |
|
Offaly |
€278,871 |
€278,865 |
€545,240 |
€542,962 |
€674,785 |
€662,104 |
|
Roscommon |
€355,104 |
€349,691 |
€445,495 |
€437,906 |
€571,758 |
€571,758 |
|
Sligo |
€256,154 |
€254,581 |
€470,542 |
€443,236 |
€358,030 |
€558,030 |
|
Tipperary |
€599,969 |
€599,969 |
€721,531 |
€715,371 |
€1,125,773 |
€1,125,638 |
|
Waterford |
€258,802 |
€233,777 |
€872,759 |
€866,236 |
€587,176 |
€336,083 |
|
Westmeath |
€256,433 |
€242,178 |
€628,389 |
€627,675 |
€656,781 |
€656,781 |
|
Wexford |
€329,878 |
€312,893 |
€653,786 |
€653,786 |
€781,027 |
€781,027 |
|
Wicklow |
€282,494 |
€277,655 |
€741,635 |
€741,635 |
€637,748 |
€636,248 |
|
Total |
€10,000,000 |
€9,774,374 |
€20,999,999 |
€20,818,098 |
€22,000,002 |
€21,413,176 |
|
County |
2023 Allocation |
2023 Spend |
2024 Allocation |
2024 Spend |
2025 Allocation |
|
|
Carlow |
€567,772 |
€566,032 |
€564,965 |
€569,749 |
€702,016 |
|
|
Cavan |
€1,741,411 |
€1,661,412 |
€690,084 |
€689,949 |
€1,181,974 |
|
|
Clare |
€1,367,910 |
€1,330,270 |
€1,209,821 |
€1,218,106 |
€1,658,399 |
|
|
Cork |
€2,755,923 |
€2,580,961 |
€1,704,965 |
€1,618,457 |
€2,331,377 |
|
|
Donegal |
€1,990,509 |
€1,961,214 |
€1,664,965 |
€1,705,606 |
€2,392,177 |
|
|
Galway |
€1,994,259 |
€1,958,371 |
€1,814,965 |
€1,777,912 |
€2,116,616 |
|
|
Kerry |
€1,557,176 |
€1,461,143 |
€1,545,758 |
€1,747,653 |
€2,225,479 |
|
|
Kildare |
€304,736 |
€216,296 |
€609,750 |
€440,115 |
€566,862 |
|
|
Kilkenny |
€641,753 |
€633,522 |
€752,874 |
€765,604 |
€816,562 |
|
|
Laois |
€1,231,151 |
€1,219,958 |
€635,734 |
€635,509 |
€1,032,234 |
|
|
Leitrim |
€1,135,919 |
€1,135,725 |
€592,594 |
€634,212 |
€901,577 |
|
|
Limerick |
€1,182,549 |
€1,127,643 |
€979,522 |
€992,052 |
€1,409,992 |
|
|
Longford |
€593,350 |
€584,702 |
€564,965 |
€564,961 |
€744,475 |
|
|
Louth |
€422,764 |
€415,742 |
€564,965 |
€555,533 |
€737,777 |
|
|
Mayo |
€1,571,736 |
€1,397,019 |
€1,580,680 |
€1,345,787 |
€1,578,016 |
|
|
Meath |
€994,513 |
€929,161 |
€776,788 |
€736,954 |
€834,787 |
|
|
Monaghan |
€1,342,724 |
€1,342,724 |
€564,965 |
€564,965 |
€961,776 |
|
|
Offaly |
€704,325 |
€692,114 |
€728,981 |
€726,979 |
€1,050,901 |
|
|
Roscommon |
€512,825 |
€357,470 |
€879,428 |
€662,205 |
€661,677 |
|
|
Sligo |
€896,127 |
€886,086 |
€684,891 |
€666,789 |
€829,421 |
|
|
Tipperary |
€1,865,091 |
€1,864,526 |
€1,493,546 |
€1,489,621 |
€1,818,979 |
|
|
Waterford |
€817,570 |
€761,016 |
€681,196 |
€682,451 |
€1,037,260 |
|
|
Westmeath |
€515,416 |
€483,578 |
€675,555 |
€668,723 |
€961,675 |
|
|
Wexford |
€1,030,935 |
€1,030,935 |
€850,436 |
€850,436 |
€1,180,198 |
|
|
Wicklow |
€777,488 |
€777,488 |
€737,609 |
€723,814 |
€817,793 |
|
|
Total |
€28,515,932 |
€27,375,106 |
€23,550,002 |
€23,034,142 |
€30,550,000 |
|
Note: From 2023 the local Improvement scheme includes a ringfenced allocation to counties with inhabited offshore islands (Cork, Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Sligo). This allocation is included in the total figures shown for these counties.
