Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 237: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of wastewater and sewage sludge being imported to Tipperary south; if all this sludge is licensed; the local authorities it comes from; the local authorities to which it is exported to afterwards; and the locations of where in Tipperary south it is treated. [5850/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Under the Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations 1998, as amended by the Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) (Amendment) Regulations 2001, a supplier of sewage sludge for use in agriculture is required to notify the local authority in whose functional area the sludge is to be used of details of the quantities of sludge produced, the composition of the sludge, the treatment which the sludge has undergone, the name and address of each recipient of the sludge and the location of each site where the sludge is to be used, for entry in the sludge register which the local authority is required to keep at its offices. This information is not available in my Department but may be obtained from the local authority or local authorities involved. There is no requirement for the licensing of sewage sludge for use in agriculture.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an upgraded sewerage scheme for Adare, County Limerick. [5855/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The combined Adare and Patrickswell Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008. I approved Limerick County Council's proposals to proceed separately with the Patrickswell element of the scheme in October 2007 because of potential land acquisition delays in Adare. I understand that the Council is now proceeding with arrangements to acquire the necessary lands in Adare and my Department is awaiting revised Contract Documents from the Council for that element of the scheme.