Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total existing storage capacity for domestic drinking water; the degree to which this has been enhanced in each of the past five years to date in line with requirements; the extent to which it is intended to make further and extra provisions in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15871/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is being compiled on an annual basis and will be forwarded to the Deputy when available. In the period, 2000 to 2010 (inclusive), over €5 billion has been invested in the water services sector; this led, inter alia, to an increase in drinking water storage capacity by a level equivalent to the needs of a population of 1,630,000. Details of future investment in water supply are set out in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 , a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library.