Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2004
402 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received submissions from Kildare County Council in regard to the provision of a new sewerage treatment system for Rathangan, County Kildare; if his Department proposes to fund this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/04]
View answerIn January 2001, my Department approved Kildare County Council's application for funding for a proposed sewerage scheme at Rathangan under the serviced land initiative. The council subsequently requested the inclusion of the scheme as a major capital project in the water services investment programme where it would attract a higher level of Departmental funding.
The proposal was ranked fourth in the list of wastewater schemes submitted by Kildare County Council in November 2003 in response to my Department's request to all local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital water services 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 2004-2006 published in May 2004. In view of the priority afforded to the scheme by the council, it has not been possible to include it in the programme. However, the approval of the scheme under the serviced land initiative remains in place.
403 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a new sewerage scheme for Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19547/04]
View answerI understand that Kildare County Council's proposals to provide sewerage facilities in Ballymore Eustace under the serviced land initiative are in abeyance because the proposed residential development to be served by the scheme is not proceeding. No other proposals in respect of Ballymore Eustace were included in the wastewater infrastructure requirements identified by Kildare County Council in November 2003 in response to my Department's request to all local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital water services 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 2004-2006 published in May 2004. In the absence of a prioritised proposal for Ballymore Eustace no provision has been made for it in the programme.
