Michael Ring
Ceist:571 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the position regarding the Shrule sewerage scheme in County Mayo; when funding will be provided; and when work will commence. [17478/99]
Written Answers. - Water and Sewerage Schemes.
Design drawings and specifications for stage two of this scheme were submitted to my Department in 1990, 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.
An application for an extension of the existing stage one of the scheme to Dalgan Road under the serviced land initiative, which was received from the local authority last month, is under consideration.