Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 January 2013

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Questions (184)

Kevin Humphreys

Question:

184. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the submission from Dublin City Council on the Rathmines and Pembroke sewerage scheme; if the Swan River, Dublin, forms a part of that report; the funding that will be provided or an assessment of needs or hydraulic study on the culverted Swan River, which has caused multiple local floods in recent years; the funding that will be provided for the overall scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3439/13]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The Rathmines & Pembroke Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013, as a scheme to advance through the planning stage. My Department is awaiting submission by Dublin City Council of a Brief for a Consultant to prepare a Preliminary Report for the scheme. It is understood that the Brief will be quite broad in nature and will require the Consultant to examine the issue of flooding in the catchment, in addition to the normal environmental and structural deficiencies that may exist in the system.