In November 1996, Galway County Council submitted a proposal, costing an estimated £100,000, in respect of the Roundstone water supply scheme under the small schemes programme. A circular letter is being issued to the relevant local authorities giving details of the new devolved arrangements in relation to small water and sewerage schemes, i.e. schemes with an all-in estimated cost of less than £250,000, and notifying the capital allocations for these schemes in 1997. It will be a matter for each authority to consider individual schemes, including the Roundstone scheme, in the context of these arrangements and allocations.