Dáil Éireann - Volume 677 - 11 March, 2009

Written Answers. - Water and Sewerage Schemes.

Deputy Ulick Burke Deputy Ulick Burke

Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will confirm that this Department will not be providing funding of new group water schemes during 2009; the reason for same; if it is proposed to renew accepting new applications for funding towards new schemes during the remainder of 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/09]

Deputy Ulick Burke Deputy Ulick Burke

Deputy Ulick Burke asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the consequences of the decision not to provide funding for new group water schemes in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10320/09]

Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív

  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together.

CLÁR Water and Sewerage schemes were closed to new applications on the 8th August 2008. I am fully aware of the great work that has been done under the CLÁR Group Water Scheme measure over the last number of years and that many schemes could not have been completed without the extra funding provided by CLÁR.

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Against the background of the current economic climate I am reviewing the CLÁR programme as a whole, having regard to demand, the funding available and the level of outstanding [878] commitments. In this context, I will consider the reintroduction of modified Water and Sewerage measures when circumstances allow.

Dáil Éireann 677 Written Answers. Water and Sewerage Schemes.

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