Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage treatment project at a location (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6994/11]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6995/11]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6996/11]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the sewerage scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6997/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 to 104, inclusive, together.

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. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of over €38 million in County Clare during the period of the Programme. However the Broadford, Carrigaholt, Labasheeda and Cooraclare Sewerage Schemes were not amongst the priority contracts and schemes selected for inclusion in the current Programme.

The Programme aims to prioritise projects that target environmental compliance issues and support economic and employment growth. A key input to the development of the Programme was the assessment of needs prepared by local authorities, including Clare 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. These were subsequently appraised in the Department in the context of the funds available and key criteria that complemented those used by the authorities. Inevitably, through this process, certain projects that had been proposed had to give way to others that are more strategically important at this time.

In January 2011, Clare County Council wrote to my Department to request that the Carrigaholt Sewerage Scheme be considered for inclusion in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010– 2012. The annual review of the Programme has been initiated by my Department and any proposals received from local authorities that meet the criteria being developed for the review will be considered for inclusion the Programme, having regard to overall financial implications.