asked the Minister for the Environment if he has sanctioned the allocation of finance for the provision of a new system of sewerage outfall at Whitegate, County Cork in view of the extreme deterioration of the present system there.

23.

asked the Minister for the Environment, because of the extreme urgency of the case, if he will consider giving immediate sanction for the provision of finance for a sewerage scheme at Whitegate, County Cork.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 and 23 together.

I have approved the Whitegate sewerage scheme under the sanitary services small schemes programme and Cork County Council were notified of this on 13 April last.