Seán Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that the Liffey catchment area is incorporated into the study for the greater Dublin strategic drainage system, as the safe development of Chapelizod depends on this study (details supplied). [12609/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The greater Dublin strategic drainage study was undertaken by Dublin City Council on behalf of the Dublin area local authorities. The study, which was completed in 2005 with funding from my Department's water services investment programme, included the Liffey catchment.

The study is a high-level strategic assessment of regional waste water requirements. The selection of individual infrastructural schemes for inclusion in my Department's water services investment programme is also informed by local authority assessments of needs that identify and prioritise individual project proposals. My Department has recently asked all local authorities to undertake new assessments of needs in 2006 as an input to future project selection under the water services investment programme. I anticipate that the recommendations of the greater Dublin strategic drainage study will be taken into account by the relevant local authorities.