Joe Cooney (Clare, Fine Gael)
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1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the settlements that were submitted for funding under Measure A8, Waste Water Collection and Treatment for Villages and Settlements without access to public waste water services; the seven projects under consideration, by county, in tabular form. If the assessment of the responses received prior to 1 July 2025 by her Department, as referred to in the reply to oral PQ 35545/25 has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59917/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The details of the seven projects approved for funding in December 2023 under Measure A8 of my Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 are set out in the table below.

Responsibility for delivering these projects rests with the relevant local authorities, who are required to work in close consultation with Uisce Éireann reflecting that the infrastructure, once completed, will be owned and operated by Uisce Éireann.

Since the funding announcement, each local authority, in partnership with Uisce Éireann, undertook and completed a comprehensive reassessment of its project. This review examined project design, project scale and delivery approach to ensure that the most efficient and cost-effective solutions are pursued.

Updated submissions have since been submitted to the Department. These submissions are currently being assessed with a view to determining the next steps in progressing each project.