Inistioge sewerage scheme
The Minister could not predict when work would begin; Inistioge is third on Kilkenny County Council’s priority list, behind two larger schemes. A start within one or two years depends on those schemes and the council’s funding allocation.
asked the Minister for Local Government when work on the Inistioge, County Kilkenny, sewerage scheme will commence.
Comment on this
I am not in a position to say when work might commence on this scheme, contract documents for which are under consideration in my Department.
Comment on this
Can the residents of the Inistioge area look forward to the possible commencement of the work in the next one or two years?
Comment on this
I would like to tell the Deputy yes, but it would be unfair of me to say so, because although I have been able to have the amount of money made available for sanitary services increased enormously, in my opinion it is still not enough. The priority, even for Kilkenny County Council, might not include the area which the Deputy referred to. It is No. 3 on the priority list at the moment. There are two large schemes before it, and if they were out of the way the answer, I think, would be yes. It all depends on how Kilkenny County Council fare in next year's allocation.
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