James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of funding for a group wastewater scheme in Kilmacredock, County Kildare; the timeframe and likelihood of the scheme being progressed to completion; and if other funding is available for the scheme. [22677/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Kildare County Council included a proposed Kilmacreddock/Barrogstown Group Sewerage Scheme in their 2013, 2014 and 2015 requests for funding under my Department's Rural Water Programme. My Department approved a grant of €12,493 under the 2014 programme for a Feasibility Study on the proposed scheme. The Study, in its recommendations, stated that the preferred and least cost option was to upgrade the individual on-site wastewater treatment systems (septic tank or similar systems) and the estimated cost of this option would exceed €14,000 per house.  The approach proposed in the Study is not fundable under my Department’s Group Sewerage Grant Scheme and Kildare County Council was informed accordingly.

Kildare County Council did not include this scheme in its bid for funding under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018.

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of funding for Ballyna group water scheme in County Kildare; the timeframe and likelihood of the scheme being progressed to completion; and if other funding is available for the scheme. [22678/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department engaged with Kildare County Council on costs associated with the proposed Ballyna Group Water Scheme in 2015. Kildare County Council did not include this scheme in its 2016 bid for funding under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018.

I understand that proposals for Ballyna Group Water Scheme are dependent upon related investment in major public water infrastructure by Irish Water. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives.  The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a dedicated number, 1800 578 578.