Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 1484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding his Department intends to put towards the Ennis water filtration project; if the amount is contingent on county council funding on a [i]pro rata[/i] basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1658/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Ennis town water supply treatment scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to start construction this year at an estimated cost of €6.6 million. I approved Clare County Council's tender documents for the scheme in October 2005 and it is now a matter for the council to proceed with the tender process.

I understand the council is pursuing the procurement of a temporary water treatment plant pending completion of the substantive scheme. The operational costs associated with any such temporary plant will be considered in the context of the allocations to local authorities from the special local government fund assistance provided by my Department in recent years in respect of newly commissioned water services treatment infrastructure.