Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated costs of these works; and the number of households which will be connected to the scheme. [23357/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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An extension of the Mullingar regional water supply from Taughmon to Killucan was completed some years ago under my Department's water services investment programme at a cost of €2.2 million. Detailed information on the number of households connected to the scheme may appropriately be sought from Westmeath County Council.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households which will be connected to the scheme. [23358/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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An upgrade of the Kinnegad waste water treatment plant and an extension of the sewerage network were ranked 11th and 26th, respectively, in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Westmeath County Council in response to my Department's request to all local authorities in 2003 to undertake fresh assessments of the need for capital works in their areas and prioritise proposals on the basis of the assessments. The assessments were taken into account in the framing of the water services investment programme 2004-06 published in May 2004.

Due to the rating afforded by the county council to the proposals referred to by the Deputy, it has not been possible to include them in the current programme. Detailed information on potential household connections to the Kinnegad scheme may appropriately be sought from Westmeath County Council.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households that will be connected to the scheme. [23359/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Coosan surface water drainage scheme was completed at a cost of €600,000 some years ago under the serviced-land initiative measure of my Department's water services investment programme. Detailed information on the number of households connected to the scheme may appropriately be sought from Westmeath County Council.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households which will be connected to the scheme. [23360/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Coole sewerage scheme is included in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-06 as a scheme to advance through planning at an estimated cost of €2.9 million. Westmeath County Council's preliminary report and water services pricing policy report for the scheme are under examination in my Department and will be dealt with as quickly as possible. The county council will be in a position to proceed with the preparation of contract documents when the reports are approved.

Detailed information on the number of households to be connected to the scheme may appropriately be sought from Westmeath County Council.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households which will be connected to the scheme. [23361/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department conveyed approval to Westmeath County Council in April 2005 to proceed as quickly as possible with the provision of stand-alone waste water facilities for Castletown Geoghegan. The decision followed an examination by my Department of the tender report for the Castletown Geoghegan component of a wider pilot programme undertaken by the national rural water monitoring committee. My Department concluded from the examination that the solutions offered in the tender proposal for Castletown Geoghegan were not sufficiently innovative or economical. Without prejudice to the wider pilot programme, it was determined that a stand-alone scheme for Castletown Geoghegan would offer the best way forward.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households which will be connected to the scheme. [23362/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Mullingar sewerage scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-06 at an estimated cost of €66.4 million. My Department is awaiting submission of contract documents for the scheme by Westmeath County Council. Detailed information on the number of households to be connected to the scheme may appropriately be sought from the county council.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households which will be connected to the scheme. [23363/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Athlone main drainage scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-06 at an estimated cost of €10.1 million. My Department is awaiting submission of a preliminary report for the scheme by Westmeath County Council. Detailed information on the number of households to be connected to the scheme may appropriately be sought from the county council.

Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and the number of households that will be connected to the scheme. [23364/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Milltownpass sewerage scheme is included in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-06 under the rural towns and villages initiative at an estimated cost of €4.285 million. My Department is awaiting submission by Westmeath County Council of tender documents for the scheme for approval together with a revised water services pricing policy report. Information on the number of households to be connected to the scheme may appropriately be sought from the county council.