Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
521 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application in respect of Crossboyne sewerage scheme, Crossboyne, County Mayo, has been received by his Department; when that application was received; if the application has been assessed; if so, if the scheme will be included by his Department in its investment programme for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9316/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra579 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be sanctioned for the Crossboyne sewerage scheme extension; and when the funding will be made available. [9021/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 521 and 579 together.
No specific proposals have been received in my Department in respect of this scheme. The scheme was 32nd on the list of sewerage schemes submitted by Mayo County Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities in 1998 to undertake a five-yearly assessment of the needs for capital water services works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessment. Given the rating afforded to the scheme by the council at that time, it has not been possible to include it in the water services investment programme.
The scheme is sixth in the most recent priority list of water and sewerage schemes furnished by Mayo County Council earlier this year in response to my Department's request to all local authorities in 2003 to produce updated assessments of needs. That latest assessment will be taken into account in the framing of the next phase of the water services investment programme in due course.
