Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 308: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been achieved towards the delivery of a new sewerage treatment system for Kildare town; if the envisaged cost for this project has increased; the time scale for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32125/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Kildare town sewerage scheme is approved for construction in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2004-2006 at an estimated cost of €21 million. The scheme involves the upgrading of sewers and the construction of a new waste-water treatment plant.

Kildare County Council recently submitted a preliminary report to my Department for the proposed sewer upgrading. To facilitate an overall appraisal of the scheme, the council has been requested also to submit the preliminary report for the waste-water treatment plant and additional information on the sewer proposals. Approval of the preliminary reports will be subject to the outcome of the environmental impact statement for the scheme, which the council submitted to An Bord Pleanála in September last.