Contract documents for this scheme were submitted to my Department in 1989, but have not been approved. As the scheme is not included in the 1999 water services investment programme it comes within the terms of my Department's circular letter L 9/98 of 22 October 1998, which 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 lists will be taken into consideration by the Department in framing future water and sewerage services investment programmes under the next national development plan 2000-06.