Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 832: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual and total allocations for investment in water infrastructure under the National Development Plan 2009 to 2012. [11032/09]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital expenditure to date, and the capital resources budgeted for 2009, under the National Development Plan in the sector of water infrastructure, broken down by Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding. [11280/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 and 835 together.

The National Development Plan 2007-2013 provides for expenditure of €4.75 billion on water services infrastructure over the period of the Plan.

Expenditure in 2007 and 2008 on water services infrastructure is set out in the table.

The 2009 Estimates for Public Services and Summary Public Capital Programme published in October 2008 envisaged an exchequer provision of €560m for water services in 2009. It was estimated that this would be supplemented by some €115m of non-exchequer funding.

The Government recently announced its intention to examine all current and capital expenditure as part of its decision to introduce further measures to stabilise the public finances. Decisions on funding for the National Development Plan will be reviewed in the course of these deliberations. Final 2009 Exchequer funding provisions will be announced in the coming weeks.