I propose to take Questions Nos. 626, 627 and 634 together.
The Castlebar environs sewerage scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-06 at an estimated cost of €58.5 million and work has already started on a number of advance sections. My Department approved the tender documents for the treatment plant in June 2004 and the council is currently short-listing contractors to tender for this element of the scheme. The council's contract documents for the pumping system and tender recommendation in respect of the collection system are currently under examination in my Department and will be dealt with as quickly as possible.
I understand that Mayo County Council intends to review the options for serving Breaffy in the context of a future proposal for a second phase of the scheme that is still at a preliminary stage. This second phase is listed as a post 2007 requirement in the list of water services schemes submitted by the council in response to my Department's request to local authorities in 2003 to produce updated assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The assessments were taken into account in the framing of the water services investment programme 2004-06 published in May 2004. In light of the timescale envisaged for the second phase of the scheme by the council, it would not be possible to consider it for inclusion in the programme at this time. However, it will again be considered when the programme is next being rolled forward in accordance with the council's prevailing priorities at that time.