Vol. 475 No. 8
113 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment if he will provide an allocation of funds and give a timescale for the commencement and completion of work on a sewerage scheme and treatment plant for Kinsale, County Cork, in view of the fact that raw untreated sewage flows directly into Kinsale Harbour. [6388/97]
135 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment if he will sanction the immediate commencement of work on a new sewerage scheme for Kinsale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6260/97]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 135 together.
My Department has requested Cork County Council to review the preliminary report for this scheme in the context of the council's proposals for sludge management. The council's response to this request is still awaited. Provision to further advance the planning of the project has been made in my Department's water and sewerage services capital work programme for 1997 but I am not in a position to say when work will commence.
