Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing this matter and the Minister of State for coming to the House. The town of Glenamaddy is famous in song and story. The song was called Four Roads to Glenamaddy. I am raising the matter of the sewerage scheme for the town, which was included in the water and sewerage programme for 2004-06. Galway County Council has given priority to the scheme. While Glenamaddy has been famous in the entertainment area, in recent years it has seen considerable new industry and extra local authority and private housing. A new community school has been sanctioned for the town with the coming together of the vocational and the voluntary secondary school. Above all Glenamaddy is very radical in its proposals regarding caring, both in caring for the elderly and the proposals for child care. It is a thriving community with a real need for a sewerage scheme, which is why Galway County Council has given it such priority. I hope the Minister of State will impress upon the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the need to approve the scheme. It is on the Galway County Council's waiting list and it is urgently needed.