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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 14 Oct 1992

Vol. 423 No. 5

Written Answers. - Mayo Sewerage Schemes.

Seán Calleary

Question:

98 Mr. Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment when the preliminary report on Bonniconlon Sewerage Scheme will be sanctioned; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that raw sewage is being discharged into a stream near the national school at Bonniconlon; and if he will sanction the report.

The preliminary report for a sewerage scheme to serve Bonniconlon is under consideration in my Department. Having regard to the existing level of commitments under the Water and Sanitary Services Programme, I am not in a position to indicate when a decision on this scheme may be made.

Seán Calleary

Question:

99 Mr. Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment if he will make a statement on the need for a sewerage treatment plant for rural housing organisation houses at Meelick, Swinford, County Mayo where an inadequate sewage scheme poses a threat to residents and the children attending the nearby Meelick national school.

The original sewage treatment system, provided as part of a private development of 16 houses at Meelick, has fallen into disrepair and Mayo County Council have submitted proposals to rehabilitate the treatment plant. Having regard to existing commitments under the Water and Sanitary Services Programme, I am not in a position to indicate when there may be a decision on the scheme.

Seán Calleary

Question:

100 Mr. Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the sewage and water schemes proposals submitted by Mayo County Council in the Foxford, Swinford, Ballina, Bonniconlon, Crossmolina, Killala and Ballycastle areas; the length of time since they were submitted; and the action if any he proposes to take with a view to sanctioning them.

Proposals received by my Department from Mayo County Council for water and sewerage schemes in the areas outlined are as follows:

Schemes

Documentation

Date received in Department

Water

Ballina Regional Water Supply — Stage 4.

Report from Mayo County Council further to contract documents submitted in September 1991.

October 1992.

Ballina Regional Water Supply — Stage 2 (Pumping Installation at Wherrew).

Contract Documents.

July 1992.

Sewerage

Ballina main drainage — Stage 2.

Preliminary Report.

July 1992.

Ballina main drainage (Killala Road Extension).

Response to queries further to contract documents.

July 1991.

Crossmolina Sewerage Scheme.

Design Brief.

March 1991.

Bonniconlon Sewerage Scheme.

Preliminary Report Technical Drawings.

July 1990.July 1991.

Foxford Sewerage Scheme.

Extension of sewage collection system.

March 1992.

Tower View Estate, Meelick.

Upgrade Sewerage Treatment Works.

May 1991.

These schemes are at varying stages of planning by the local authority and of consideration by my Department. In view of this, and of the existing level of commitments under the water and sanitary services programme, I am not in a position to indicate when decisions may be made on them.
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