Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 867: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the application which is with his Department from Roscommon County Council to fund the construction of 16 sewerage schemes in the county; when these projects will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10334/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Roscommon towns and villages sewerage scheme is approved for construction in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-07. My Department is examining additional information received from Roscommon County Council earlier this month in relation to its design review report for the scheme as a whole. When the design review report has been approved the council will be in a position to proceed with the preparation of contract documents.

While the waste water treatment facilities will generally be procured under a grouped design-build-operate arrangement, the collection systems for each of the locations involved will be constructed under traditional contracts. My Department has requested additional information from the council with a view, following approval of the design review report for the scheme as a whole, to allowing the collection systems to be advanced to construction by the council without further reference to the Department in accordance with the revised procedures I recently introduced regarding water schemes costing less than €5 million each.