Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2004
370 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has appointed the consultant to draft a preliminary report on the development of a sewerage scheme for the village of Creggs, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13168/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe appointment of engineering consultants in connection with an individual water services scheme is a matter for the local authority concerned. In the case of the Creggs sewerage scheme, a preliminary report was submitted to my Department by Galway County Council in 1999 but has not been approved.
The scheme is fourth in the list of sewerage schemes submitted by the council in response to my Department's request to local authorities in 2003 to produce updated assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The assessments were taken into account in the framing of the water services investment programme 2004-2006 published last week. Given the rating afforded to the scheme by the council, it has not been possible to include it in the programme.
