Jim O'Keeffe
Question:479 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will make funding available for stage two of the Bandon sewerage scheme. [25952/01]
Written Answers. - Water and Sewerage Schemes.
A preliminary report for Bandon sewerage scheme was submitted to my Department in 1993 but has not been approved. This scheme was included in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Cork County Council, for its southern division, in response to my Department's request to local authorities to undertake a fresh assessment of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The lists were taken into account in the framing of the Water Services Investment Programme 2000-2002 announced last July. Given the level of competing demand, the limited funding available, and the fact that Cork County Council has not prioritised its list on a county wide basis, it has not been possible to include the scheme in the programme.