Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation in the Cloontia and Doocastle area on the Mayo and Sligo border where water is only available for a maximum of 30% of the day and that families have no water in the evenings or at night; when the residents of this area will have a proper water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13949/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The operation of public water supply services is the responsibility of the local authorities and I have no direct function in the matter. However, I understand that the source of supply for these areas of County Mayo is Sligo County Council's Lough Talt water supply scheme and that, as a result of ongoing improvements by Mayo County Council to the distribution network within its functional area, the quality of service to consumers in the areas concerned will improve. The works to the distribution network have been part funded under the national water conservation measure of my Department's water services investment programme 2005-2007. The upgrading of the Lough Talt Water supply scheme, which is also included in that programme, is scheduled to commence construction in 2007 at a cost of €1.9 million and will further improve service to consumers.