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Water and Sewerage Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Ceisteanna (668, 748)

Rose Conway-Walsh

Ceist:

668. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the request submitted to his Department for additional funding to complete the design and construction a project (details supplied); the amount that each household will be expected to pay in order to receive a water connection under the scheme; if this payment will be expedited in advance; the legal guarantees that residents will receive regarding the delivery of their connection once they have paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18113/21]

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Michael Ring

Ceist:

748. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a submission made to his Department (details supplied); when a decision will issue in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19465/21]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 668 and 748 together.

My Department received a submission from Mayo County Council on 22 February 2021 in relation to the Community Water Connection (''the project'') mentioned in the details supplied.

Arising from my Department's examination of the submission, the local authority have been asked to consider further the details of the estimated costs of the project.

My Department understands from the local authority that it will be a number of weeks before they are in a position to make a further submission, as they await a reply regarding a pre-connection enquiry made by them to Irish Water.

The updated submission will then allow the level of funding from my Department to be decided. The overall local contribution and hence the individual household contribution can only then be established.

As regards payment of local contributions, the long established practice under my Department’s Rural Water Programme is that full payment of the local contribution must be made to the local authority in advance of the approved works commencing construction.

Allocation of funding to the local authority by my Department and payment to them of the local contribution will allow for completion of the project, giving certainty to householders of being provided with a connection and the supply of good quality drinking water from Irish Water.

Once my Department receive the updated submission, it will be examined as quickly as possible.

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