Joe Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 221: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the Buttevant, County Cork sewerage scheme collection system; if a tender has been accepted; and when work will commence. [9806/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Buttevant sewerage scheme has been approved for funding in my Department's water services investment programme 2005-2007 under the rural towns and villages initiative. A tenderer whose bid for the collection system contract has been disqualified by Cork County Council on grounds of non-compliance with the instructions to tenderers has exercised his entitlement under procurement procedures to refer the disqualification for review and recommendation by my Department. The matter it is being dealt with as quickly as possible by my Department and the council will be in a position to complete its assessments of tenders on receipt of the Department's recommendation.