Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when sewage treatment will be provided at Omeath, County Louth; the locations at which raw sewage is currently being pumped into Carlingford Lough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16238/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Omeath sewerage improvement scheme was included in the list of water services schemes submitted by Louth County Council in response to my Department's request to all local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priority lists were taken into account in the framing of the water services investment programme 2004-2006, published in May 2004. In view of the priority afforded to the scheme by Louth County Council, it was not possible to include it in the programme.

Details of municipal waste water discharges from agglomerations with population equivalents greater than 500 is provided in the Environmental Protection Agency's report, Urban Waste Water Discharges in Ireland. The most recent report covering the years 2002 and 2003 is available in the Oireachtas Library.