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142 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department will provide funding in 1999 to Cork County Council for a new sewerage system in Ballylicky, Bantry; and if the plans for this system were submitted to his Department by Cork County Council. [10368/99]
143 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department will provide funding to Cork County Council in 1999 for a new sewerage system in Schull, County Cork; and if the plans for this system were submitted to his Department by Cork County Council. [10369/99]
144 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department will provide funding to Cork County Council in 1999 for a new sewerage system in Castletownbere; and if the plans for this system were submitted to his Department by Cork County Council. [10370/99]
145 Mr. Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his Department will provide funding to Cork County Council in 1999 for a new sewerage system in Skibbereen; and if the plans for this system were submitted to his Department by Cork County Council. [10371/99]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 to 145, inclusive, together.
Preliminary reports for the Ballylickey and Skibbereen sewerage schemes, a brief for the Schull sewerage scheme and contract documents for the Castletownbere sewerage scheme have been received in my Department but have not been approved. As the schemes are not included in the 1999 water and sewerage services investment programme they come within the terms of my Department's circular letter L9/98 of 22 October 1998. The circular asked each local authority to undertake a fresh assessment of the needs for capital works in its area and to prepare a prioritised list of projects based on the assessment. The priority list will be taken into consideration by my Department in framing future water and sewerage services investment programmes under the next national development plan 2000-2006.
