Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1013 of 2 April 2008, if he will report on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25505/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Carrigaholt/Labasheeda Sewerage Scheme is included for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 – 2009. I approved grant assistance of €1.547m for the scheme in June 2008 following examination of Clare County Council's Preliminary Report Review for the Carrigaholt element of the scheme and its Design Review Report for Labasheeda. Further information in relation to progress on the scheme may be obtained from the Council.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application for funding for Killeagh water supply, County Cork, under the serviced land initiative scheme of the water services scheme; the action he proposes to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25552/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Killeagh Water Supply Scheme is included for funding under the Serviced Land Initiative measure of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009. My Department approved Cork County Council's design proposals for the scheme in 2006.

In April 2009, my Department, following a review of the Serviced Land Initiative in light of developments in the economy at large, and in the housing market in particular during 2008, and having regard to the oversupply of housing in some areas, informed all local authorities that all existing approvals under the Initiative, for which contracts had not been signed or letters of intent had issued, were being withdrawn. However, authorities were also informed that where a water services authority was of the opinion that the continuation of an approved scheme for which contracts had not been signed was necessary for the proper development of the area, it was open to the authority to make a case to the Department by 29 May 2009 for the scheme to progress. Cork County Council has not made a case to advance the Killeagh Water Supply Scheme under the Serviced Land Initiative. However, I understand that the Council is considering other options for the advancement of this scheme at a future date.