No such proposal for improvement of the Tarbert treatment system was included in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Kerry County Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. These priority lists were taken into account in the framing of the Water Services Investment Programme 2000-2002, announced in July 2000. In the meantime, Kerry County Council has submitted a proposal to upgrade some 33 existing small sewerage schemes in the county, including the Tarbert scheme. This proposal will be considered in the context of the next phase of the programme in the light of the Council's identified priorities at the time.