Water and Sewerage Schemes.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 July 2008

Tuesday, 1 July 2008

Questions (516)

Eamon Gilmore

Question:

583 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions with regard to the proposed new Shanganagh waste water scheme in County Dublin in view of his plans for other waste water treatment plants in the greater Dublin area, the length of time which has elapsed since the EIS, and the changes which have occurred in the meantime in construction activity, population projections and waste water treatment technologies and the considerable concerns in the neighbourhood, relating to environmental and traffic aspects of the proposed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25821/08]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy John Gormley)

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council's tender recommendation for the Bray-Shanganagh Wastewater Treatment Plant is being examined in my Department and is being dealt with as quickly as possible. The Environmental Impact Statement certified in October 2001 set out population projections to 2020 which were taken into account in the tender process for the treatment plant.

The treatment plant contract is being procured under a Design/Build/Operate contract. This form of performance based procurement is intended to encourage innovative technical solutions and to produce greater efficiency and cost effectiveness in both the construction and operational phases. Management of the contract, when placed, will be a matter for the local authority. The provision of the Wastewater Treatment Plant was taken into account in the Greater Dublin Strategic Drainage Study.