A Cohesion Fund application in respect of the Erne catchment water management scheme was submitted to the European Commission in December 1994 but no decision has been received to date. Schemes which are at various stages of planning and which are included in stage 1 of the application are as follows:
Lough Gowna regional water supply; Ballybay sewerage; Clones sewerage; Lough Gowna sewerage; Cootehill sewerage; Belturbet sewerage; Cavan sewerage scheme extension; and Cavan sewerage sludge treatment.
These schemes cannot be advanced until approval to the Cohesion application is received from the European Commission or until another source of funding is identified. In view of the high level of commitments under the water and sewerage programme, I cannot say when it may be possible to provide alternative funding.