asked the Minister for the Environment if he will approve the preliminary report for a proposed sewerage scheme for Allenwood, County Kildare, which was submitted to his Department on 22 June 1984; and if he will do everything possible to expedite this particular work.

The necessary technical drawings which form part of the preliminary report for the proposed Allenwood sewerage scheme, County Kildare, were recently received by my Department and are under technical examination at present. A decision regarding the report will issue to the local authority as soon as possible.

Is the Minister aware that because of the high water table in the Allenwood area local authority houses have never been built there and young married people have been forced to leave the area to live elsewhere? Does he not feel that since this proposal now before him gives the first hope of houses being built there, it merits a high priority? Will he give an assurance that he will get this scheme under way as quickly as possible?

I thought I had given that assurance to the Deputy.