Vol. 499 No. 2
24 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will provide the necessary funding to construct the head works to enable the Asdee group water scheme, County Kerry, to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2173/99]
Contract documents for stage 4 of the north-east Kerry water supply scheme, on which the proposed Asdee group scheme is dependent for a supply, were submitted to my Department in 1991 but have not been approved. As the scheme is not included in the 1999 water and sewerage services investment programme it comes within the terms of my Department's circular letter L9/98 of 22 October 1998. This circular asked each local authority to undertake a fresh assessment of the needs for capital works in its area and to prepare a prioritised list of projects based on the assessment. The priority lists will be taken into consideration by my Department in framing future water and sewerage services investment programmes under the next National Development Plan 2000-2006.
