Thursday, 9 Oct 2014

Written Answers Nos 213-237

Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure

Questions (213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237)

Pearse Doherty

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213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1990. [38546/14]

Pearse Doherty

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214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1991. [38547/14]

Pearse Doherty

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215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1992. [38548/14]

Pearse Doherty

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216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1993. [38549/14]

Pearse Doherty

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217. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1994. [38550/14]

Pearse Doherty

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218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1995. [38551/14]

Pearse Doherty

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219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1996. [38552/14]

Pearse Doherty

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220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1997. [38553/14]

Pearse Doherty

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221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1998. [38554/14]

Pearse Doherty

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222. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 1999. [38555/14]

Pearse Doherty

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223. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2000. [38556/14]

Pearse Doherty

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224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2001. [38557/14]

Pearse Doherty

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225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2002. [38558/14]

Pearse Doherty

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226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2003. [38559/14]

Pearse Doherty

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227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2004. [38560/14]

Pearse Doherty

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228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2005. [38561/14]

Pearse Doherty

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229. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2006. [38562/14]

Pearse Doherty

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230. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2007. [38563/14]

Pearse Doherty

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231. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2008. [38564/14]

Pearse Doherty

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232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2009. [38565/14]

Pearse Doherty

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233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2010. [38566/14]

Pearse Doherty

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234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2011. [38567/14]

Pearse Doherty

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235. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2012. [38568/14]

Pearse Doherty

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236. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme in 2013. [38569/14]

Pearse Doherty

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237. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount his Department spent on the Gweedore sewerage scheme to date in 2014. [38570/14]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 to 237, inclusive, together.

The Gweedore Sewerage Scheme was included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to commence construction during the lifetime of the Programme. The amount recouped by my Department to Donegal County Council in respect of the Gweedore Sewerage Scheme is set out in the following table. These costs mainly relate to site investigation, land purchase and contract document preparation.

Year	Recouped by Department to the Donegal County Council Council in respect of Gweedore Sewerage Scheme
1990 - 1992	No funds recouped to Donegal County Council in respect of this scheme
1993	€61,882
1994	No funds recouped to Donegal County Council in respect of this scheme
1995	€62,869
1996 - 2000	No funds recouped to Donegal County Council in respect of this scheme
2001	€397,200
2002	€709,662
2003	€680,664
2004	€120,771
2005 - 2008	No funds recouped to Donegal County Council in respect of this scheme
2009	€221,384
2010	€127,915
2011	No funds recouped to Donegal County Council in respect of this scheme
2012	€265,362
2013	€410,187
Grand Total	€3,057,896

Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water has published its Capital Investment Plan 2014-2016 and this is available online at http://www.water.ie/news/proposed-capital-investme/Proposed-Capital-Investment-Plan-2014-2016.pdf.

The further progression of all water services capital projects including the Gweedore Sewerage Scheme is now a matter for Irish Water to consider. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. The team can be contacted via an email to [e-mail] or by telephone on 1890 278 278.