Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 December 2017
727. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding will be provided for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53602/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department’s Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018 provides funding for new group water schemes, through Measure 3, where public water supply schemes or private wells are not an option.
Kerry County Council included the Scheme concerned in its bid under Measure 3 of the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018.
An Expert Panel was convened by my Department to examine the 2016 bids from local authorities for projects under a number of the programme’s measures, including Measure 3, and to make recommendations to my Department on funding. The Panel recommended a priority list of 11 schemes under Measure 3 to my Department, which accepted the recommendations in full when approving the rural water allocations for 2016. The priority list recommended by the Panel did not include the Scheme concerned. As the approvals under Measure 3 were for the duration of the programme, there is currently no scope for any additional schemes.
A copy of the Expert Panel's report and consideration of all proposals under the Programme is available on my Department's website at:
http://www.housing.gov.ie/water/water-services/rural-water-programme/group-water-schemes-and-rural-water-issues .
