Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide an update on the provision of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19534/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Clare.

Phases 1 and 2 of the Ennis / Clarecastle Sewerage Scheme are included in the Programme to advance through planning over the course of the Programme. My Department recently issued approval to Clare County Council to extend the brief of its consultants to review the Preliminary Report for the Scheme. This will allow the precise scope of the Scheme to be defined, taking cognisance of the Ennis and environs development plan. Any priority contracts which emerge through this process will be considered for inclusion for commencement, under the new annual review process included for the first time in the new Programme.

My Department understands from Clare County Council that the Tulla Road area of Ennis is sewered and that the sewer is available to existing developments at that location. As the provision of adequate wastewater services in an area is a matter for the relevant local authority, any further enquiries in this matter should be made to the Council.