Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 February 2005
182 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a report will be provided in respect of an extension of the Lough Mask water scheme to Swinford, County Mayo; if he will report on the feasibility of such project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6448/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe development and prioritisation of water services infrastructural proposals for inclusion in the water services investment programme is, in the first instance, the responsibility of local authorities. I understand an extension of the Lough Mask regional water supply scheme to Swinford was included as a post-2006 requirement in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Mayo County 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. These assessments were taken into account in the framing of the Water Services Investment Programme 2004-2006 published by my Department in May 2004. Given the rating afforded to the scheme by the council, it was not possible to include it in the current programme.
