Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide the funding necessary to implement all of the recommendations of the greater Dublin strategic drainage study; and the amount of funding which has been allocated to date specifically as a result of this study. [26143/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The greater Dublin strategic drainage study was undertaken by Dublin City Council on behalf of the Dublin area local authorities and funded by my Department under the water services investment programme 2004-06. The study report has been submitted to, and is currently being examined by, my Department in light of its relevance to future strategic investment requirements under the water services investment programme. The study analyses the existing drainage system in the greater Dublin area and proposes policies, strategies and projects for developing the drainage system to meet the development needs and anticipated population growth of the area for the period to 2031.

The selection of particular infrastructural schemes by my Department for inclusion in the water services investment programme is based on formal assessments of needs adopted by local authorities in which proposals are identified and prioritised by reference to a range of qualifying criteria. The recommendations in the greater Dublin strategic drainage study will inform this prioritisation process at local authority level and will be taken into account by my Department when specific proposals are put forward by individual authorities for funding under the water services investment programme. My Department's general observations on the study will be furnished to Dublin City Council within the next few weeks.