Gerard Murphy
Ceist:322 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends giving the go ahead for the Kilbrin sewerage scheme, Kilbrin, Mallow, County Cork. [20934/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 8 July 2004
Ceisteanna (322, 323, 324, 325)
Freagraí scríofa
The Kilbrin sewerage scheme has been approved for funding in my Department's water services investment programme, 2004-2006, under the rural towns and villages initiative. I approved the contract documents for the collection system for the scheme in May 2004. It is now a matter for Cork County Council to invite tenders. Additional information required by my Department to facilitate consideration of the tender documents for the new wastewater treatment plant, which is being procured as part of a grouped design-build-operate contract that also includes Doneraile and Buttevant, has recently been received from the council and is under examination.
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Ceist:323 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Kerry County Council for the upgrading of the sewer in Ballydavid, County Kerry; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20935/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 31 March 2004.
Proposed sewerage works in Ballydavid were identified in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Kerry County Council in 2003 in response to my Department's request to all 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 Ballydavid proposal was included in phase three of a village sewerage refurbishment programme which was ranked as fifth on the council's priority list.
Kerry County Council's priority list was taken into account in the framing of my Department's water services investment programme, 2004-2006, announced in May 2004. While phase one of the above programme was included, it has not been possible to include the phase three given the priority afforded to it by the council.
Breeda Moynihan-Cronin
Ceist:324 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Kerry County Council for a new sewerage system in Barraduff, County Kerry; when he proposes to make a decision to fund this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20936/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraBreeda Moynihan-Cronin
Ceist:325 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Kerry County Council for a new sewerage system in Kilcummin, Killarney, County Kerry; if so, when this application will be considered and decided upon; if funding is available for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20937/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 325 together.
Sewerage schemes to serve Barraduff and Kilcummin are elements of the Lough Leane catchment sewerage scheme, which is included in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-2006 as a scheme to commence construction in 2004, at an estimated cost of €4.944 million. The preliminary reports for these schemes submitted by Kerry County Council are under examination in my Department and will be dealt with as quickly as possible.