Vol. 519 No. 7
97 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will approve the contract documents for an extension of the Lough Mask scheme from Ballinrobe to Kilmaine and Shrule which were submitted to his Department in 1987; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/00]
Contract documents for the extension of the Lough Mask regional water supply scheme to Kilmaine and Shrule were submitted to my Department in 1987 but have not been approved.
The scheme is 13th on the list of water schemes submitted by Mayo County Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priority lists will be taken into account in the framing of water services investment programmes for this and future years under the National Development Plan, 2000 – 2006.
