Vol. 488 No. 4
216 Mr. M. Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government when permission will be granted to Cork County Council for a new sewerage scheme in Kilbrin, County Cork; when permission will be granted to appoint consultants to prepare a preliminary report in view of the fact that a design brief was submitted in September 1997 to his Department. [6111/98]
A brief for this scheme has been submitted to my Department. Given the high level of commitments under the water and sewerage services investment programme I cannot say when it may be possible to approve it.
217 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if EU funding for the new sewage treatment system for Sligo has been approved; and, if so, the date the application was submitted to the EU, the amount allocated and the date on which it was approved. [6122/98]
An application for the Sligo Bay Wastewater Management scheme was submitted to the EU for Cohesion Fund assistance in November 1994. A decision was made by the European Commission dated 4 December 1995, in which they committed funding to the value of £1,383,800 in respect of the planning and design stage of a wastewater collection and treatment system for Sligo town and the Cummeen area west of the town.
