Vol. 424 No. 5
178 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment if he has received proposals for the Carrick-on-Suir sewage secondary treatment works, County Tipperary; when approval for these works will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
My Department has requested and is awaiting a brief from Carrick-on-Suir Urban District Council for the provision of secondary treatment works.
179 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment if he has received proposals from South Tipperary County Council for the following priority schemes, the major expansion of the treatment works at the Galtee Regional Water Supply Source, Limerick Junction Sewerage scheme and the Bansha sewage treatment scheme; when these schemes will be approved to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
As regards the proposed extension of the Galtee Regional Water Supply Scheme I refer to the reply to Question No. 146 of 4 February 1992; the position is unchanged. There are no proposals in my Department for sewerage schemes at Limerick Junction or Bansha.
180 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment if he has received proposals from Tipperary Urban District Council for the Tipperary town new reservoir scheme, Tipperary town replacement sewerage scheme, James Street, Tipperary and Tipperary Town extension to treatment works; when these schemes will be approved to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Work is in progress on Phase 1 of the Tipperary Town Water Supply Scheme.
Contract documents for Phase 2 of the Tipperary Town Water Supply Scheme, which includes the provision of a new reservoir, are with my Department. A proposal for a sewerage scheme at James Street has also been received. 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 these two schemes may be made.
There are no proposals with my Department for an extension of the Tipperary Town Sewage Treatment Works.
