Written answers
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Water and Sewerage Schemes
8:00 pm
Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 157: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that this Department will not be providing funding of new group water schemes during 2009; the reason for same; if it is proposed to renew accepting new applications for funding towards new schemes during the remainder of 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/09]
Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of the decision not to provide funding for new group water schemes in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10320/09]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together.
CLÃR Water and Sewerage schemes were closed to new applications on the 8th August 2008. I am fully aware of the great work that has been done under the CLÃR Group Water Scheme measure over the last number of years and that many schemes could not have been completed without the extra funding provided by CLÃR.
Against the background of the current economic climate I am reviewing the CLÃR programme as a whole, having regard to demand, the funding available and the level of outstanding commitments. In this context, I will consider the reintroduction of modified Water and Sewerage measures when circumstances allow.
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