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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2002

Vol. 551 No. 2

Written Answers. - Water and Sewerage Schemes.

Denis Naughten

Ceist:

343 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if, in view of the decision by Roscommon County Council to proceed with an independent sewerage scheme for the Creagh area of Ballinasloe, he will sanction funding for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9762/02]

A draft brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare a combined preliminary report for this and a number of other schemes was submitted to my Department by Roscommon County Council in August 2001 but has not been approved.

The scheme was fifth on the list of sewerage schemes submitted by the council in response to my Department's request to local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priority lists were taken into account in the framing of the Water Services Investment Programme 2000-02, announced in July 2000. Given the rating afforded to the scheme by the council, the level of competing demand and the funding available, it has not been possible to include it in the current programme. It will be considered in the context of the next phase of the programme.

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