Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 1816: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for capital funding for the improvement of water supply at Blarney, County Cork, in view of the very serious problems with water pressure in the area arising from the development of a business park adjacent to Blarney which has affected the water pressure in Blarney and in view of the proposal to build a huge volume of houses in areas adjacent to Blarney; and when a decision will be made on the application for capital funding. [1166/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I have approved an extension of the Blarney Water Supply to Station Road under the Serviced Land Initiative measure of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007. My Department is awaiting information requested from Cork County Council to enable the Exchequer funding for the scheme to be determined. However, under new streamlined procedures I have introduced for the Serviced Land Initiative, it is open to the Council to advance the scheme to construction in the meantime.

Cork County Council has also included other water supply proposals for Blarney in the list of schemes the Council has submitted to my Department in response to the Department's request to all local authorities last year to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The Blarney proposal has been ranked 36th of the water services schemes for the Council's Southern Division. The priorities adopted by the members of Cork County Council will inform the next phase of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 1817: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for a group (details supplied) to enable the organisation to continue its work in Kilkenny, Waterford and Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1167/07]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department recoups to local authorities 90% of their approved current expenditure on the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Much of this expenditure is operationalised through projects managed by voluntary bodies. My Department has not to date received specific proposals from any of the local authorities in the South East for funding of homeless services to be provided by the organisation referred to. My Department have agreed to meet with representatives of the organisation to discuss its concerns about future funding for its services. However, any decisions on funding for its services would be a matter in the first instance for the local authorities concerned.