Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 569: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if water softening at source will be provided in Clonmel, County Tipperary due to the costs incurred at household level by hard water; his views on bringing in grant aid for the installation of domestic water softening units that are costing approximately €1300. [15197/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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South Tipperary County Council's Preliminary Report for the Clonmel Town and Rural Water Supply Scheme proposes the abstraction of water from the River Suir, which will allow the Council to discontinue the use of boreholes that are the source of the hard water currently supplied to the town. The Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 – 2009 at an estimated cost of €38 million. My Department awaits the completion of various planning processes and the receipt of additional information recently requested from the Council to enable the Department to complete its assessment of the Council's Preliminary Report for this Scheme.

My Department does not provide funding to grant aid the installation of water softening appliances and I have no plans to introduce any form of grant aid for this purpose.