Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 November 2014
232. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital funding made available by his Department in each year since 2000 for the provision of waste water and water services respectively by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43628/14]
View answerThe Water Services Investment Programme was a multi-annual investment plan for the provision of major water and sewerage schemes. The first rolling 3-year Water Services Investment Programme was launched in July 2000 to meet identified water services needs. The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 was the last such plan, and is available in the Oireachtas library along with previous plans. Details of expenditure from 2000 to 2013 under the Water Services Investment Programmes is outlined in the table below.
Water Services Investment Programme
|
Year |
Wastewater |
Water |
|
2000 |
€ 295,176,910 |
€ 84,460,078 |
|
2001 |
€ 376,014,089 |
€ 76,735,983 |
|
2002 |
€ 350,592,383 |
€ 82,525,447 |
|
2003 |
€ 285,199,226 |
€ 87,412,374 |
|
2004 |
€ 229,629,924 |
€ 82,137,157 |
|
2005 |
€ 208,520,159 |
€ 89,559,496 |
|
2006 |
€ 239,367,972 |
€ 95,069,796 |
|
2007 |
€ 254,550,106 |
€ 111,460,977 |
|
2008 |
€ 239,830,986 |
€ 150,958,610 |
|
2009 |
€ 255,101,895 |
€ 156,806,796 |
|
2010 |
€ 283,744,360 |
€ 122,150,173 |
|
2011 |
€ 220,143,396 |
€ 129,568,781 |
|
2012 |
€ 150,362,918 |
€ 115,976,768 |
|
2013 |
€ 124,396,289 |
€ 108,490,456 |
|
Total |
€ 3,512,630,615 |
€ 1,493,312,893 |
Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme , within the overall priorities set by my Department and subject to the block grant allocations provided, is therefore a matter for the local authorities. Information on the schemes on which the funding was incurred would, therefore, be available from the local authorities. The table below sets out the capital funding recouped to authorities by my Department under the Programme.
Rural Water Programme Capital Payments
|
Year |
€ Million |
|
2000 |
44.950 |
|
2001 |
53.456 |
|
2002 |
57.232 |
|
2003 |
74.828 |
|
2004 |
85.946 |
|
2005 |
119.000 |
|
2006 |
130.000 |
|
2007 |
130.000 |
|
2008 |
105.000 |
|
2009 |
100.000 |
|
2010 |
88.000 |
|
2011 |
79.000 |
|
2012 |
40.000 |
|
2013 |
34.000 |
|
2014 (Provision) |
27.700 |
Since 1 January 2014 Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water has published its proposed 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.
Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives and has contacted all Oireachtas members to provide details of an improved level of service which it is aiming to provide. The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a new dedicated number, 1890 578 578.
