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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 April 2016

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Questions (794)

Jack Chambers

Question:

794. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital investment in water services and water leakages, by local authority, over the last 15 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/16]

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The Water Services Investment Programme was a multi-annual investment plan for the provision of major water and sewerage schemes including water mains rehabilitation. 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. In addition, capital funding was provided to local authorities under the Rural Water Programme for the provision of group water and sewerage schemes and some miscellaneous water related grants as well as small public schemes during this period and beyond.

Details of expenditure by each local authority, from 2000 to 2013 under the Water Services Investment Programmes and from 2000 to 2015 under the Rural Water Programme, are outlined in the table below. Local authorities would have also incurred expenditure from their own resources on public water services. As a general rule, when this local contribution is taken into account, the Exchequer spending represented about 75% of the costs of the majority of projects.

Local Authority

Water Services Investment Programme 2000 - 2013*

Rural Water Programme

2000 - 2015 €

Wastewater €

Water €

Carlow County Council

29,435,892

24,123,612

33,744,441

Cavan County Council

29,111,754

30,448,865

96,505,561

Clare County Council

36,346,848

49,670,748

51,985,398

Cork City Council

270,674,790

6,937,536

-

Cork County Council

167,991,956

59,307,920

61,285,939

Donegal County Council

137,993,791

55,892,984

54,493,488

Dublin City Council

548,216,042

209,369,201

-

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Council

92,947,505

23,483,130

503,755

Fingal County Council

178,048,297

123,854,650

41,008

Galway City Council

91,517,496

17,979,964

-

Galway County Council

74,643,316

124,394,900

149,368,838

Kerry County Council

60,750,866

35,043,999

41,004,344

Kildare County Council

158,566,166

83,403,056

17,194,386

Kilkenny County Council

14,835,076

15,702,335

19,398,821

Laois County Council

68,061,567

14,170,916

28,645,428

Leitrim County Council

36,782,077

30,440,365

47,012,425

Limerick City Council

342,964,763

29,612,614

-

Limerick County Council

47,854,156

16,249,859

48,389,628

Longford County Council

23,313,455

25,403,994

15,699,898

Louth County Council

75,402,028

11,096,204

14,547,841

Mayo County Council

192,413,994

67,338,156

148,400,550

Meath County Council

186,275,075

69,530,730

25,138,009

Monaghan County Council

28,042,532

27,426,533

43,702,979

North Tipperary County Council

26,707,608

33,285,130

41,856,572

Offaly County Council

53,643,220

22,746,965

23,879,691

Roscommon County Council

56,956,607

26,944,144

54,110,369

Sligo County Council

44,563,102

32,824,070

36,225,373

South Dublin County Council

43,056,289

34,919,443

1,404,476

South Tipperary County Council

66,306,625

13,957,327

11,460,805**

Waterford City Council

69,295,384

17,596,463

-

Waterford County Council

70,341,469

25,860,974

14,134,234

Westmeath County Council

55,805,267

43,409,114

22,055,512

Wexford County Council

89,870,313

46,863,373

29,012,297

Wicklow County Council

43,895,288

44,023,617

32,417,349

Grand Total

3,512,630,615

1,493,312,893

1,163,619,415

* Since 1 January 2014 Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of public water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels, including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure.

**Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a dedicated number, 1890 578 578.

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