Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 686: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Galtee regional water supply scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has been completed to date in the interests of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6801/08]

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 687: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Ardfinnan regional water supply scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has been completed to date in the interests of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 686 and 687 together.

The Galtee Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 — 2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2009 at an estimated cost of €14.5m. The Ardfinnan Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in the Programme to advance through planning at an estimated cost of €5.5m. My Department is awaiting submission of South Tipperary County Council's Preliminary Reports for both schemes.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 688: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Burncourt water scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has been completed to date in the interests of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6803/08]

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 689: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Fethard water supply scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has been completed to date in the interests of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6804/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 and 689 together.

The Burncourt and Fethard Water Supply Schemes have been approved for funding under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 — 2009 as part of the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative at estimated costs of €6.4m and €8m, respectively.

South Tipperary County Council's revised Preliminary Report for the schemes, which are being advanced as a grouped project, is being examined in my Department and is being dealt with as quickly as possible.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 690: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Carrick on Suir sewerage collection scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has been completed to date in the interests of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6808/08]

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 691: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Cashel sewerage scheme will be completed; the amount of the allocated budget that has been completed to date in the interests of public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6809/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 690 and 691 together.

Proposals for water and sewerage schemes in both Cashel and Carrick on Suir were included in the list of schemes submitted by South Tipperary County 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 assessments were taken into account in the preparation of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 — 2009 which was published in September 2007 and is available in the Oireachtas Library. Given the level of competing demands for the available funding and the priorities adopted by the elected members of South Tipperary County Council, it was not possible to include these schemes in the current Programme.