40 Mr. Callanan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the Kiltormer sewerage scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36437/06]

The Kiltormer Sewerage Scheme has been ranked as twenty second priority by Galway County Council in the list of sewerage schemes submitted by the Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities earlier this year to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments.

The priorities adopted by local councillors in their assessments will be taken into account in the framing of the next phase of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme.