Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has provided capital grants or grants for the provision of new sewerage schemes or for the extension or upgrading of existing schemes in County Kildare in the past ten years; if his Department has responsibility for such funding or if the responsibility has been transferred to another Government Department; if in any event he, his Department or any other such Department, body or agency has been made aware of the impending and serious threat of pollution of the waterways throughout County Kildare arising directly from the lack of the necessary and specific capital funding for the upgrading, improvement or replacement of such facilities with particular reference to the Osberstown and Leixlip treatment works; the full extent and cost of the request for funding made to his Department by the local authority; the reason he has refused to provide the funds in view of his Department's responsibilities under EU pollution control directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7921/07]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he and his Department have not responded to the request by Kildare County Council for the necessary funding to upgrade sewage treatment plants at Osberstown and Leixlip having particular regard to the numerous queries raised in the matter by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7742/07]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious threat of pollution of the River Liffey, its tributaries and other adjacent waterways arising from the inadequacy of the sewage treatment facilities throughout County Kildare; his views on whether the present system has been grossly overloaded for some time and that all steps taken to date to provide facilities are either too little or too late; if his attention has been drawn to how the lack of such facilities affects Naas, Newbridge, Ballymore Eustace, Kilcullen, Kilcock, Clane, Prosperous, Maynooth, Sallins, Kill, Leixlip, Celbridge and Straffan; when his Department first received notice of the situation or a request for funding for augmentation; if and when he responded; the nature of the response; if his attention has been drawn to the serious non-compliance with EU anti-pollution measures; if he will take action directly or in conjunction with Kildare County Council to put in place the necessary treatment facilities to prevent pollution and protect the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7791/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 533, 578 and 581 together.

I refer to the replies to Questions Nos. 596 of 17 October 2006, 428 and 429 of 22 November 2006, 1908 of 31 January 2007 and 186 of 15 February 2007.