617 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Osberstown sewage treatment plant in County Kildare is at full capacity and that the water supply in the county is at near maximum capacity; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there are 2000 acres of land zoned for development in the county and that the River Liffey is at capacity in its ability to assimilate further phosphates from sewerage treatment plants or to have further water abstracted for human consumption; the plans in place to pipe water for human consumption in County Kildare from the River Shannon and to pump the sewerage to a marine outfall for treatment; if he will declare a moratorium on further zoning of land for development in County Kildare until such time as there is an adequate water supply and capacity to treat waste water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25366/07]

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617 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Osberstown sewage treatment plant in County Kildare is at full capacity and that the water supply in the county is at near maximum capacity; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there are 2000 acres of land zoned for development in the county and that the River Liffey is at capacity in its ability to assimilate further phosphates from sewerage treatment plants or to have further water abstracted for human consumption; the plans in place to pipe water for human consumption in County Kildare from the River Shannon and to pump the sewerage to a marine outfall for treatment; if he will declare a moratorium on further zoning of land for development in County Kildare until such time as there is an adequate water supply and capacity to treat waste water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25366/07]

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1. 23 October 2007

   Water and Sewerage Schemes.

   617 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Osberstown sewage treatment plant in County Kildare is at full capacity and that the water supply in the county is at near maximum capacity; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there are 2000 acres of land zoned for development in the county and that the River Liffey is at capacity in its ability to assimilate further phosphates from sewerage treatment plants or to have further water abstracted for human consumption; the plans in place to pipe water for human consumption in County Kildare from the River Shannon and to pump the sewerage to a marine outfall for treatment; if he will declare a moratorium on further zoning of land for development in County Kildare until such time as there is an adequate water supply and capacity to treat waste water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25366/07]

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