Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 753: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be granted for the water investment programme schemes submitted by Kildare County Council in view of the importance of an early decision so that the regional planning guidelines will be adhered to. [14487/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure has been approved for County Kildare in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 -2012 published yesterday. The Programme, which includes details of contracts currently at construction, contracts to start in the 2010 to 2012 period and schemes to advance through planning, is available in the Oireachtas Library. In the case of Kildare County Council, the programme provides for the commencement of contracts in the period 2010 to 2012 at a value of some €160 million. A key input to the development of the programme was the assessment of needs prepared by all local authorities, including Kildare County Council, in response to my Department's request to the authorities in 2009 to review and prioritise their proposals for new capital works in their areas.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the project and funding for the Kildare town wastewater treatment plant and network, in County Kildare; if there are any outstanding issues in relation to the project; the timescale of the project; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14488/10]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 755: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the project and funding for the Osberstown treatment plant and network, Naas, County Kildare; if there are any outstanding issues in relation to the project; the timescale of the project; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14489/10]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 756: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the project and funding for the River Barrow water extraction programme; if there are any outstanding issues in relation to the project; the timescale of the project; the estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14491/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Question Nos. 754 to 756, inclusive, together.

The contracts relating to the Kildare Sewerage Scheme, the Upper Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme and the Barrow Abstraction Scheme are included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012, which I published yesterday.

In February 2010 I approved funding to allow Kildare County Council to place the Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Build Operate contract for the Kildare Sewerage Scheme with its recommended contractor at a cost of €17.59 million. Further progress on this element of the scheme is a matter for the Council. Kildare County Council has submitted contract documents to my Department for the sewerage collection network element of the scheme. This documentation is currently being examined and a decision will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible.

Kildare County Council has submitted contract documents to my Department for the expansion of the wastewater treatment plant at Osberstown which is part of the Upper Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme and these are currently under examination. A decision on these documents will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible. Contract documents for the collection networks element of the scheme are awaited from the Council.

Kildare County Council has submitted a tender recommendation to my Department for the Barrow Abstraction Scheme Treatment Plant Design Build Operate contract which is to be constructed at Srowland and this is currently under examination. A decision will be conveyed to the Council shortly. The Council has also submitted the contract documents for the rising main from Ardscull to Athy and these too are currently being examined by my Department; a decision will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible. Contract documents for the remaining watermain from Ardscull to Old Kilcullen are awaited in my Department.