Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 2 Feb 1995

Vol. 448 No. 5

Written Answers. - Cohesion Funds.

Tony Killeen

Question:

12 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for the Environment when Clare County Council's application for funding from Cohesion Funds for the south-east Clare wetlands will be processed; and when his Department forwarded the proposal to the EU. [2199/95]

Tony Killeen

Question:

55 Mr. Killeen asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has for the improvement of the public sewerage system at Sixmilebridge, County Clare; and when remedical works will commence. [2243/95]

Minister for the Environment (Mr. Howlin)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 55 together.

My Department expects to make application to the Cohesion Fund very shortly on behalf of the south east Clare wetlands scheme.

A number of urgently needed projects have been prioritised for investment under Stage 1 of the scheme, including the Sixmiledbridge sewerage scheme. This scheme, at an estimated cost of some £3 million, is designed to provide a new secondary treatment plant for a population equivalent of 3,000, together with an upgraded sewage and storm water collection system.

Preliminary planning for the Sixmilebridge scheme has been completed and the project will be further advanced as soon as the Cohesion Fund approval is received.