Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 20 year contracts for operational and maintenance that have been signed up between the contractors who built the new filtration systems for group water schemes through the bundle system; the name of the contractors and the schemes that have signed; the steps being taken to sign up the remainder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18277/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The provision of water treatment facilities through grouped or bundled DBO contracts was originally pilot tested in Monaghan. The DBO approach to the provision of water treatment for water quality deficient group water schemes has now been adopted by 216 group water schemes serving over 39,000 households.

At that time of the introduction of the pilot Project, Operational & Maintenance contracts were generally signed on completion of the Design Build phase of the project. However given the success of the DBO projects and the increased confidence in the process, all group water schemes now involved in bundled projects, sign the Operational & Maintenance Contracts at the outset.

I understand that negotiations are ongoing between the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, on behalf of the small number of group water schemes involved in the bundled DBO Projects and the Service Providers where Operational & Maintenance contracts have yet to be signed.

Details in relation to the group water schemes involved in the bundled DBO projects and the current status of their respective O&M contracts are set out on the following table.