Vol. 503 No. 4
140 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the amount allocated to Kildare County Council for 1999 in respect of water and sewerage schemes including group schemes; the moneys, if any, specifically earmarked for particular schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/99]
My Department has made a block grant allocation of £592,250 to Kildare County Council in 1999 for the rural water programme which includes: (i) group schemes – capital grants (£275,000); (ii) group schemes – take over of schemes (£60,000) and, (iii) small public schemes (£257,250).
Details of Kildare schemes included in my Departments 1999 water and sewerage services investment programme are set out in a press release issued on 25 January last, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library. Financial allocations are not made on an annual basis to local authorities in respect of such schemes. In the case of these schemes payments are made to local authorities on foot of certified expenditure.
Detail of schemes included in the serviced land initiative, which are being funded at the rate of 40 per cent of the approved cost are as follows:
|
Scheme |
Cost£ |
|
Ballymore Eustace Sewerage Treatment Plant |
1,600,000 |
|
Castletown Sewerage Improvement |
200,000 |
|
Calverstown Sewerage Improvement |
100,000 |
|
Derrinturn Sewerage Improvement |
300,000 |
|
Kilcock Water Improvement |
30,000 |
|
Kilcullen Sewerage Extension |
79,000 |
|
Kildare/Rathangan Sewerage |
240,000 |
|
Kill Sewerage Improvement |
100,000 |
|
Maynooth Pumping Station Improvements |
150,000 |
|
Morristown/ Newbridge Sewerage Improvements |
200,000 |
|
Prosperous Water Improvement |
637,377 |
