asked the Minister for the Environment the amount of money allocated to Waterford County Council for house construction for the years from 1983 to 1986.
Written Answers. - Waterford County Council Capital Allocations.
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The amount of capital allocated to Waterford County Council for local authority housing for the years 1983 to 1985 is as follows: 1983, £2,025,000; 1984, £1,410,000; 1985, £1,195,000.
I hope to be in a position to announce details of the capital allocation for 1986 in the near future.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the schemes submitted to his Department by Waterford County Council for water and sewerage schemes in County Waterford; the number approved; the amount of money allocated; and if he will name the schemes that will go ahead this year.
Waterford County Council have submitted contract documents for the following major sanitary services schemes to my Department — Cheekpoint sewerage scheme and Ballinroad sewerage scheme.
I am not in a position to make a decision on these contract documents as the county council have yet to complete other essential preliminaries in respect of these schemes. The council has also submitted a preliminary report in respect of the Portlaw sewerage scheme and this is being examined in my Department at present. The question of finance for these schemes does not arise at this stage.
I have approved the council's 1986 small water and sewerage schemes programme, which contained proposals for 24 schemes, and notified the council of a capital allocation of £122,000 for this programme. It is entirely a matter for the council to select the schemes, from within the approved programme, which they wish to carry out having regard to the capital allocation made available.
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asked the Minister for the Environment the total sum allocated to Waterford County Council in each of the years from 1984 to 1986 for public water supply.
The capital allocations to Waterford County Council in respect of sanitary services cover both public water supply and sewerage schemes and relate to both major and small schemes programmes. These allocations for the years 1984 and 1985 were as follows: 1984, £1.505 million, 1985, £1.203 million. The capital allocation for the council's 1986 small water and sewerage schemes programme is £122.000 and I expect to be in a position to notify the council of their 1986 major schemes capital allocation for sanitary services shortly.