Water and Sewerage Schemes.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 September 2007

Wednesday, 26 September 2007

Ceisteanna (1052)

Denis Naughten

Ceist:

1146 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1809 of 31 January 2007 if he has received the preliminary report on the development of a sewerage scheme for the village of Creggs, County Galway; if the scheme will be included in the next phase of his Department’s water services investment programme; the timetable for the publication of this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20890/07]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Deputy John Gormley)

In selecting individual schemes for inclusion in the Water Services Investment Programme, which I published on 17 September 2007, account was taken of a number of factors, including:

Compliance with relevant national and EU environmental, public health and drinking water quality statutory requirements and standards;

Support for the National Spatial Strategy;

Environmental Protection Agency reports on drinking water, water quality and urban wastewater discharges;

The provision of services for new housing through the Serviced Land Initiative and the need to address infrastructural deficits under the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative;

Other priorities identified by local authorities in their regular Assessments of Water Services Capital Needs.

Given the level of competing demand for the available funding, and the priorities identified for Galway, I regret that it has not been possible to include the Creggs scheme in the new Programme.