Vol. 552 No. 1
457 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if Mayo County Council has submitted an application for funding for the Lahardane sewerage scheme, Lahardane, Ballina, County Mayo; if so, the position in this regard; and when funding will be sanctioned. [11807/02]
A preliminary report for Lahardane sewerage scheme was submitted to my Department by Mayo County Coun cil in 1996 but has not been approved. The scheme was nineteenth in 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 2002-2004, announced this week. Given the priority afforded the scheme by the council, the level of competing demand and the funding available, it was not possible to include it in the programme. However, the council is considering proceeding with the scheme under the devolved small schemes programme, which is part funded by my Department.
