Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans in place to upgrade the water and sewerage services in Killaloe, County Clare; when he expects these to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14173/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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No proposals have been received by my Department from Clare County Council for water or sewerage works in Killaloe, nor were any such proposals included in the list of schemes submitted by the council in response to my Department's request to local authorities in 2003 to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas. Accordingly, no provision has been made for a proposal for Killaloe in the Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007.

Local authorities have, however, recently been asked to carry out new assessments of needs and to review their water and waste water infrastructural priorities in light of economic, demographic and other developments that have taken place since the previous needs assessments were completed. New priorities emerging from this process will be reflected in future phases of the water services investment programme.