Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding two applications submitted by Clare County Council to his Department for wastewater treatment facilities in Cooraclare and Broadford, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23303/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I announced on the 28 April 2022 a new funding measure, as an advance stage of the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2022-2025, for the waste water collection and treatment needs of villages and settlements that do not have access to public waste water services. 

To fund this measure, an allocation of €50 million has been committed under the National Development Plan up to 2025.  For 2023, my Department has a capital provision of €35m for the Rural Water Programme, including this new measure.

An independent Expert Panel has critically evaluated each application and based on a report from the Panel, recommendations for funding will be made shortly.