Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Office of Public Works will provide a progress report with respect to the works being carried out on Maretimo Stream Blackrock, County Dublin; if contractors are currently behind schedule on the project; and, if that is the case, if he will confirm that the project will be fast tracked in view of recent flood damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33567/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Dún Laoghaire Sewerage Scheme, Phase 1 (Carysfort-Maretimo Stream) is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 among the list of contracts in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to start in the period 2010-2012.

In January 2011 my Department approved funding to allow Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to award the contract for the work. While the administration of the contract is a matter for the Council, I understand that the contract has been awarded, that construction has been under way for some months and that the Council is progressing the contract as quickly as possible.

John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding he has provided for the upgrade of the waste water treatment plant at Ballyhale, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33505/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Ballyhale Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade is included for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 as a contract to start within the lifetime of the Programme, as part of the Kilkenny Grouped Villages Sewerage Scheme.

Kilkenny County Council wrote to my Department in October 2011 with revised proposals for some remedial works at Ballyhale Waste Water Treatment Plant of a scale more amenable to small schemes funding under the Rural Water Programme. This proposal has been approved by my Department. The progression of these contracts is now a matter for the Council.

The Council is continuing work on developing proposals under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, for the procurement of the other contracts under the Kilkenny Grouped Villages and Sewerage Scheme, with a view to advancing these contracts to procurement as soon as possible.