My Department has received an application from Kildare County Council for funding under the serviced land initiative regarding the provision of sewerage facilities to service 135 residential sites at Ballitore. The application is under consideration in my Department and will be dealt with as quickly as possible.
A proposed sewerage scheme for Ballitore, Moone and Timolin was also included in the list of schemes submitted by Kildare County Council earlier this year in response to my Department's request to local authorities in 2003 to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. That assessment will be taken into account in the framing of the next phase of the water services investment programme.