Lixnaw is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as part of the NSS Hub Cluster Sewerage Scheme which will serve a number of towns and villages in Co. Kerry. Further information is awaited from Kerry County Council to enable my Department to examine the Preliminary Report for Lixnaw.
I understand that Kerry County Council is undertaking a strategic study with a view to optimising the delivery of wastewater infrastructure in up to 90 towns and villages in the county, including Tarbert. My Department will consider the Preliminary Report for the Tarbert Sewerage Scheme in the light of the study recommendations.
Local authorities were asked in July to submit an assessment of needs for water and sewerage services to my Department by 23 October 2009. These assessments will form a key input to the development of the 2010 to 2012 Water Services Investment Programme, which it is anticipated will be published in early 2010. In conducting their assessments, local authorities have been asked to prioritise schemes and contracts for progression over the coming years based on key environmental and economic criteria.