Vol. 476 No. 2
123 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment when initial approval for the preparation of contract documents for an extension to a water scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo will be forthcoming in view of the fact that the water at present breaches drinking water regulations. [6562/97]
Mayo County Council submitted a proposal to my Department for an extension of the Achill regional water supply scheme, to Tonragee-Owenduff. However, under the recently announced arrangements for the devolution of responsibility for group and small public water and sewerage schemes, it will in future be a matter for local authorities, within their capital allocations, to decide priorities locally in relation to schemes costing less than £250,000, such as the scheme referred to. I will be notifying individual local authorities shortly of their allocations for 1997.
