Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide capital funding for the proposed sewerage works at Blenheim, Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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A sewerage scheme to serve Blenheim and other areas was sixth on the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Waterford City Council in response to my Department's request to all local authorities in 2006 to undertake assessments of needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of these assessments. The priority lists were taken into account in preparing the Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 which I published in September 2007 and which is available in the Oireachtas Library. Given the level of competing demand for the available funding, and the priorities identified by the elected members of Waterford City Council, I regret that it was not possible to include the Blenheim scheme in the current Programme.