Written Answers. - Cohesion Funding for Water.
Séamus Hughes
Question:
75
Mr. Hughes
asked the
Minister for the Environment
the water schemes, if any, that are not being favourably considered for Cohesion Funding; the action, if any, planned to allow these schemes proceed to construction; the change of emphasis, if any, there has been in the allocation of Cohesion Funds towards waste water and away from water supply; and the action that is proposed to ensure that long-term requirements for areas in need of water supplies are catered for.
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To date, no water supply schemes have been turned down by the European Commission for Cohesion Funding. The main objective for environmental projects under the Cohesion Fund is to support compliance with EU environmental legislation, in particular, the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. The emphasis, therefore, placed by the Commission has been mainly on waste water and water quality projects, rather than water supply projects. My Department seeks to meet the demand for these latter projects within the overall allocation for the water and sewerage programme.
Séamus Hughes
Question:
77
Mr. Hughes
asked the
Minister for the Environment
the water schemes supported by Cohesion Funding for each of the years 1990 to 1995 and to date in 1996; the water schemes supported solely from Exchequer funding for the same period; the Cohesion Funding and Exchequer funding required to allow water schemes that have been identified by his Department as urgently requiring investment; and the amount of funds available for these schemes.
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Water supply schemes first benefited from Cohesion Funding in 1993. Table A shows the water schemes approved by the EU Commission each year since then.
Water supply schemes supported solely by Exchequer funding from 1990 onwards are set out in Table B. As the funding of schemes is normally spread over a number of years, they are not listed by year.
The relative priority of water supply schemes, and the funding arrangements, is determined each year in selecting projects for inclusion in the overall water and sewerage programme for the year. Sixteen new water supply schemes to the value of £70.216 million are included in the programme for 1996. EU co-financing is being sought in respect of ten of these.
Table A
Water Supply Schemes — Cohesion Funded 1993-96
Approvals 1993
Ballyjamesduff Water Supply Scheme
Ballymore Eustace Water Supply Scheme
Limerick Water Supply Scheme
Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme (Stage I)
Tuam Regional Water Supply Scheme (Stage I)
Approvals 1994
Dublin North City Watermain
Dún Laoghaire Water Supply Scheme
Leixlip Water Supply Scheme
Roundwood Water Supply Scheme
Approvals 1995
Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme (Stage II)
Monaghan Water Supply Scheme
Approvals 1996
Tuam Regional Water Supply Scheme (Stage II)
Table B
Water Supply Schemes — Exchequer only Funded 1990-96
Abbeyfeale Water Supply Scheme
Achill Island Water Supply Scheme
Ardmore Water Supply Scheme
Arklow Water Supply Scheme
Ashbourne Water Supply Scheme
Askeaton Water Supply Scheme
Athlone Water Supply Scheme
Athy Water Supply Scheme
Ballinagard/Slieveenagee Water Supply Scheme
Ballinamore Water Supply Scheme
Ballinasloe Water Supply Scheme
Ballinatona Water Supply Scheme
Ballymahon Water Supply Scheme
Borrisokane Water Supply Scheme
Bundoran Water Supply Scheme
Blanchardstown Water Supply Scheme
Buncrana Water Supply Scheme
Carndonagh Water Supply Scheme
Carlow Town Water Supply Scheme
Castletownshend Water Supply Scheme
Ceide Fields Water Supply Scheme
Clarecastle Water Supply Scheme
Creeslough/Dunfanaghey Water Supply Scheme
Donegal Town Water Supply Scheme
Dublin City Water (Various Contracts) Water Supply Scheme
Dundalk Water Supply Scheme
Dunmore/Glenamaddy Water Supply Scheme
East Waterford Water Supply Scheme
Ennis Water Supply Scheme
Fermoy Water Supply Scheme
Fethard Water Supply Scheme
Fieries/Scartaglen Water Supply Scheme
Inishmore Water Supply Scheme
Kilkenny City Water Supply Scheme
Kilkenny/Freshford Water Supply Scheme
Kanturk Water Supply Scheme
Kerry Central Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
Kinvara Water Supply Scheme
Laois South East Water Supply Scheme
Leixlip Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
Letterkenny Water Supply Scheme
Lettermacaward Water Supply Scheme
Limerick Water (Several Contracts) Listowel Water Supply Scheme
Lough Gowna Water Supply Scheme
Lough Easkey Water Supply Scheme
Lough Talt Water Supply Scheme
Macroom Water Supply Scheme
Malahide Water Supply Scheme
Mid Galway Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
Newcastle West Water Supply Scheme
North East Kerry Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
North East Roscommon Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
North Roscommon Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
Portlaoise Water Supply Scheme
Rathmichael Reservoir
Rooskey Water Supply Scheme
Rosses Water Supply Scheme
Scariff Water Supply Scheme
Skibbereen Water Supply Scheme
Sligo Regional Water Supply Scheme
Swinford Water Supply Scheme
Templemore Water Supply Scheme
Tinahely/Carnew Water Supply Scheme
Tipperary Town Water Supply Scheme
Tullamore Water Supply Scheme
Waterford City Water (Various Contracts)
West Inishowen Water Supply Scheme (Various Contracts)
