Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department is in receipt of an application from Kildare County Council for funding towards the upgrade of the village sewerage system at Kilberry, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5870/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has no proposals from Kildare County Council regarding a sewerage scheme at Kilberry, Athy, County Kildare, nor was such a proposal included in the list of schemes submitted by Kildare County Council in November 2003 in response to my Department's request to all local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priority lists were taken into account in the framing of subsequent phases of the water services investment programme, published in 2004 and 2005. I envisage that local authorities will be afforded an opportunity in 2006 to undertake fresh assessments of their needs and priorities which will be considered in future phases of the programme.