Beverley Flynn (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the status of the proposed Tuam regional water supply stage two extension to Shrule, County Mayo; if tender documents have been approved; and when the scheme will commence. [4836/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The extension of the Tuam regional water supply scheme to Shrule is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 to start construction this year. I have approved Galway County Council's recommended tender for the mechanical and electrical element of the scheme and it is a matter for the council to arrange for the carrying out of these works. The council's tender recommendation for the civil works is being examined in my Department and is being dealt with as quickly as possible. The Kilmaine and Shrule water supply scheme, which areas the extended Tuam scheme will also serve, is also approved in the water services investment programme to start construction this year. I understand that Mayo County Council is revising earlier contract documents. Following submission and approval of the contract documents, the council will be in a position to invite tenders for the construction of the scheme.