John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 42 together.

Capital expenditure by the Exchequer between 2005 and 2009 on the provision of water supply infrastructure amounted to €1.5 billion. Some 73 such projects were completed under the water services investment programme. The first table that follows this reply sets out details of the public water supply projects completed under the water services investment programme for the period 2005-09. Information on water supply projects completed under the largely devolved rural water programme and costs associated with the maintenance of public water supplies may be obtained from individual water services authorities. The second table sets out capital expenditure by the Exchequer in each local authority area on the provision of water and wastewater infrastructure over the period 2005-09. Approximately 47% of the expenditure over the period relates to the provision of water supply infrastructure. In addition to expenditure on the completed projects shown in the first table, money was spent on additional projects advanced through the planning and construction phases for completion in subsequent years, ongoing water conservation programmes and the rural water programme. Deputies Lynch and Tuffy will agree that the extensive information in the tables is more like that found in a written reply than that provided on Question Time.

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