Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 939: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been made available and disbursed to Cork County Council to complete the work on the Little Island sewerage scheme which will connect the residents of Clash and Well Road, Little Island, County Cork to the nearby waste treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38195/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Little Island Sewerage Scheme is included for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009. The Department approved Cork County Council's design proposals for this scheme in May 2007 which, under devolved procedures, allowed the Council to advance the scheme to construction. The Council has now submitted revised design proposals for this scheme to my Department and these are currently being examined.

Local authorities were asked in July to submit an assessment of needs for water and sewerage services to my Department by 23 October last; these assessments will form a key input to the development of the 2010 to 2012 Water Services Investment Programme. In conducting their assessments, authorities were asked to prioritise schemes and contracts for progression over the coming years based on key environmental and economic criteria. It is anticipated that the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 to 2012 will be published in early 2010.