Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

They are. Deputies Seán Crowe, Brian Stanley, Mick Wallace, Thomas Pringle and several others, including the Member for east Cork, mentioned the possibility of group sewerage scheme grants being increased. I indicated on Committee Stage that I was prepared to look at this. There are many ribbon developments along the road in County Roscommon and elsewhere in respect of which people would like to receive additional financial support in order to bring them into public schemes. I said on Committee Stage that I was prepared to look at this issue during the course of 2012. Nobody has done this that before.

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