Jim O'Keeffe
Question:371 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position in relation to the Skibbereen sewerage scheme; the funding arrangements; and the time frame involved for the new scheme. [18828/02]
Written Answers. - Water and Sewerage Schemes.
This scheme is included in my Department's water services investment programme 2002-2004 to start construction in 2003. The waste water treatment plant is being advanced as a grouped design-build-operate project that also involves the Baltimore, Dunmanway, Schull and Ballylickey sewerage schemes. My Department recently approved the brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare the tender documents for the treatment plants. The submission of contract documents by the council for the collection system for the Skibbereen scheme, which is being advanced as a traditional procurement contract, is awaited by the Department.
Cecilia Keaveney
Question:372 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position in relation to the Lagan Desert water supply scheme, stage 3, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18829/02]
Contract documents for stage 3 of the Lagan Desert Water Supply scheme, which has been approved for funding under my Department's water services investment programme 2002-04 are awaited by the Department from Donegal County Council.
Cecilia Keaveney
Question:373 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position in relation to the extension to Carndonagh sewerage scheme, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/02]
Proposals for extensions to the collection system of the Carndonagh sewerage scheme, which is under construction, were recently submitted to my Department by Donegal County Council and are under examination in the Department.
Cecilia Keaveney
Question:374 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position in relation to a rural water scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18832/02]
Donegal County Council's proposal for the Desertegney area involves three elements. Pipelines serving the Meenagory and Sledrin areas have been completed. Contract documents for pipelines from Meenagory to Desertegney have been submitted by the council and are being examined in my Department. Proposals for a third contract to provide for reservoirs and pumping stations are awaited from the council.
Michael Ring
Question:375 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position with regard to the Doogort sewerage scheme in Achill, County Mayo; and the funding available for this scheme. [18870/02]
The Achill, Doogort, sewerage scheme was completed in 1998. A preliminary report for the extension of the scheme to Golden Strand was submitted to my Department by Mayo County Council in January 2000 but has not been approved.
The proposed extension was twenty third in the list of sewerage schemes submitted by the 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 were taken into account in the framing of the water services investment programme 2002-04 announced last April. Given the priority afforded to the scheme by the council and the level of competing demand, it has not been possible to include it in the programme. However, I understand the council is considering proceeding with the scheme under the devolved small schemes programme which is part funded by my Department.
Michael Ring
Question:376 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position with regard to the Lahardane sewerage scheme in County Mayo. [18871/02]
A preliminary report for this scheme was submitted to my Department by Mayo County Council in 1996 but has not been approved. The scheme was nineteenth in the list of sewerage schemes submitted by the council in response to my Department's request to local authorities to undertake fresh assess ments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priority lists were taken into account in the framing of the water services investment programme 2002-04 announced last April. Given the priority afforded to the scheme by the council and the level of competing demand, it has not been possible to include it in the programme. However, I understand the council is considering proceeding with the scheme under the devolved small schemes programme, which is part funded by my Department.