Andrew Doyle
Question:460. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Vartry tunnel replacement project and the action programme that is currently in place for the Vartry tunnel and water supply in County Wicklow, in view of recent reports of a fault line that has been identified; the measures he and his Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the two local authorities involved in the tunnel are taking to address the deficiencies in quality and security of water supply; if there has been any development regarding a bypass tunnel or pipe and if his Department has received the contract documents from Dublin City Council so a replacement can proceed, in view of the fact that the Vartry tunnel dates from the middle of the 19th century and supplies 80 megalitres of potable water to 335,000 people every day; if he will outline, in tabular form, on a yearly basis, the amount of funding the Vartry tunnel has received from 2000 to 2012, and to date 2013; when he expects construction work to commence on a repair or replacement tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36157/13]
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