Brendan Howlin
Ceist:162 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the amount of money available to each local authority for small sewerage schemes for 1991.
Written Answers. - Water and Sewerage Schemes.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:177 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment if he intends to provide finance for water and sewerage small schemes in 1991; and, if so, the amount he intends to provide.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 177 together.
A decision on the level of funding and on the schemes to be undertaken in 1991 under the water and sewerage small schemes programme, which caters for schemes valued at £75,000 or less, will be notified to local authorities as soon as possible. The same qualifying criteria as in 1990 will apply in 1991.
Brendan Howlin
Ceist:163 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment when he will sanction the tender for the sewerage scheme at Castlebridge, County Wexford; and when he envisages that work will begin on this project.
The submission of a tender recommendation from Wexford County Council in respect of the Castlebridge sewerage scheme is awaited in my Department. I cannot say at this stage when construction work is likely to begin on the scheme.