Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the appointment of consultants to progress the work of the Glenflesk sewerage scheme in Glenflesk, County Kerry; if he will expedite this as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24815/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Kerry villages sewerage scheme, which includes Glenflesk, is included in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's water services investment programme 2004 to 2006 as a scheme to commence construction in 2006. Kerry County Council's revised brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare preliminary reports for the scheme was received in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on 12 September. It is now under examination and will be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the revised preliminary report — contract documents stage for the Kilcummin sewerage scheme, Kilcummin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24816/05]

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve proceeding to contract documents stage for the Barraduff sewerage scheme, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25167/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1358 and 1393 together.

Kilcummin and Barraduff are included in the Lough Leane catchment sewerage scheme which has been approved for construction in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's water services investment programme 2004 to 2006. Revised preliminary reports submitted by Kerry County Council for the Kilcummin and Barraduff proposals are under examination in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and are being dealt with as quickly as possible.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the appointment of consultants for the Kilgarvan sewerage scheme, Kilgarvan, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24817/05]

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve proceeding to contract on foot of the preliminary report from Kerry County Council for a new wastewater treatment plant and extended sewer collection network for Firies, Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24891/05]

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve proceeding to contract documents stage for Firies sewerage scheme, Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25165/05]

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve proceeding to contract documents stage for the new sewerage scheme for Milltown, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25166/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1359, 1365, 1391 and 1392 together.

Funding for a preliminary assessment of phase 1 of Kerry County Council's proposals to refurbish a large number of village sewerage schemes has been approved in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's water services investment programme 2004 to 2006. The refurbishment proposals are divided into three phases. Firies and Milltown are included in the first phase and Kilgarvan is part of a proposed third phase. Kerry County Council submitted a revised brief to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government last month for the appointment of consultants to undertake the phase 1 preliminary assessment. The council also submitted preliminary reports for the Firies and Milltown schemes that it has identified as the most pressing of the village upgrading proposals. The brief and preliminary reports are being examined in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and are being dealt with as quickly as possible. Following completion of the preliminary assessment of the phase 1 proposals, consideration will be given to further phases being approved under the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's water services investment programme.

Breeda Moynihan-Cronin (Kerry South, Labour)
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Question 1360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will approve the appointment of consultants for the County Kerry wastewater and sludge project-advance study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24818/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Kerry sludge management scheme has been approved for funding of €4.5 million in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's water services investment programme 2004 to 2006. Kerry County Council submitted a brief to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in August for the appointment of consultants to identify the options for procuring sludge treatment facilities for the county's water services treatment plants. The brief is under examination in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and is being dealt with as quickly as possible.