Vol. 503 No. 4
151 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if Mayo County Council has submitted its prioritised list of projects for capital works under the water and sewerage investment programme for the next National Development Plan 2000-6; and, if so, each project listed as priority in the relevant listing position, in particular the priority allocated to improvements on the Westport water supply scheme. [10512/99]
My Department issued circular L9/98 to all sanitary authorities on 22 October 1998 inviting them to prepare an assessment of needs and a prioritised list of capital projects for water and waste water infrastructure over the period of the next National Development Plan 2000-6 and the 20 year period commencing in 2000. Initial drafts of the needs assessments are to be submitted to my Department by 23 April 1999 to provide further input to the preparation of the National Development Plan. The final needs assessments, which will be updated by sanitary authorities every five years, are to be formally submitted to my Department by the end of June this year following a full consultation process. No submission has yet been received from Mayo County Council.
