Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 363: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of sewerage schemes currently awaiting approval or funding in his Department; if lack of progress in each or any case is likely to lead to pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37058/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Schemes currently approved for funding are set out in the Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007, which is available in the Oireachtas Library. Earlier this year my Department asked local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital water services works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. In carrying out the assessments, authorities were required take into account specific criteria, including compliance with national and EU environmental requirements and standards. The updated needs assessments will inform the selection of new schemes for inclusion in future phases of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme.