Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of planning of the Claregalway sewerage scheme, County Galway; if the plan is with his Department or the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21503/10]

Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of planning of the Barna sewerage scheme, County Galway; if the plan is with his Department or the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21504/10]

Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of planning of the Clifden sewerage scheme, County Galway; if the plan is with his Department or the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21505/10]

Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of planning of the Oughterard sewerage scheme, County Galway; if the plan is with his Department or the county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21506/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 345 to 348, inclusive, together.

A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure has been approved for County Galway in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 -2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library. The total value of contracts underway and those proposed for commencement during the period of the Programme in County Galway is €130 million. The Programme provides for the commencement of contracts relating to the Claregalway, Clifden and Oughterard Sewerage Schemes, while work on the Barna Sewerage Scheme is substantially completed. My Department is currently examining the contract documents for the combined Claregalway and Milltown Sewerage Scheme and a decision on those documents will be conveyed to Galway County Council as soon as possible.

Further progress on the Clifden Sewerage Scheme must await the Council's response to my Department's request in March 2010 to review the contract documents and to submit a Certificate of Completion of Planning for the scheme. In relation to the Oughterard Sewerage Scheme, the Council has appointed consultants to prepare a Design Review Report so as to ensure that the most suitable and effective scheme is put forward. Once the Report is submitted and approved by my Department, the Council can then proceed with the preparation of contract documents for the scheme.