Water and Sewerage Schemes.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 2 December 2004

Thursday, 2 December 2004

Questions (238)

Paul Connaughton

Question:

238 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to a sewerage treatment plant for Castleblakney, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31993/04]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

Castleblakney sewerage scheme was included as a post-2006 scheme in the list of sewerage schemes submitted by Galway County 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 2004-2006 published in May 2004. Given the rating afforded to the scheme by the council, it was not included in the current programme.