asked the Minister for the Environment the reason for the delay in providing the £50,000 allocated for improvements in the Swords sewage treatment plant, County Dublin.

There has been no delay in approving funds for this scheme.

In May, 1988 I approved contract documents for the scheme as well as the charging of the cost to the capital account of the Swords Sewage Treatment Plant. I have recently approved the acceptance of a tender for the work and, I understand, arrangements are being made by the council to allow work to begin.