David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 24 May 2023, to list the number of funding applications submitted in 2022 and in 2023 respectively by each local authority under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2022-2025 Measure A8 - Waste Water Collection and Treatment needs for Villages and Settlements without access to Public Waste Water Services; the number of applications approved under the measure in the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49479/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In April 2022, I announced a new funding measure, as an advance stage of the upcoming Multi-annual Rural Water Programme, for the waste water collection and treatment needs of villages that do not have access to public waste water services.

Funding of €50 million has been specifically allocated under the National Development Plan 2021-2030. The first round of funding is intended to follow a demonstration project model approach to inform future funding needs that will provide appropriate longer-term solutions.

All rural local authorities were asked to submit a maximum of two suitable priority applications each, for this funding measure. A total of 23 individual applications from 13 local authorities (listed below) were received before the closing date of 15 September 2022.

An independent Expert Panel has critically evaluated each application received and I will announce approval of funding for specific projects shortly.