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A CONTRACTOR to begin work on the new sewage scheme in Corofin should be in place before the begin- ning of April, but little progress has been made on the Doolin scheme, the North Clare Area Meeting of Clare County Council heard yesterday.
Responding to a motion put for- ward by Ennistymon Cllr Richard Nagle, Senior Engineer of the Water Services, Walter Walshe, said that a new proposal to connect the Doolin scheme to the existing Lisdoonvarna scheme is being examined.
He also said that the Department of Communications, Marine and Natu- ral resources had recently granted a foreshore licence for the Bally- vaughan scheme.
Regarding Ballyvaughan, Cllr Na- gle said, “I am delighted about the eranting of the foreshore licence. The licence has been one of the main obstacles blacking the scheme for a long time.
“Doolin, unfortunately is still un- der consideration. | know that the council is looking at the possibility
of pumping it into the system in Lis- doonvarna system and hopeful some progress will be made on that soon. Doolin 1s in chronic need of a sewer- age system.
“The new proposal of pumping the sewage to Lisdoonvarna could be a lot cheaper than the previously men- tioned stand alone facility in Doo- thee
Cllr Martin Lafferty (Ind) criti- cised what he described as “mislead- ing” information circulated about the Doolin scheme.
‘That proposal to pump the sewage from Doolin up to Lisdoonvarna was made ten years ago. There is a huge need for this in Doolin and there is Spare capacity in Lisdoonvarna,” said Cllr Lafferty.
“There was a confused article in one of the local papers regarding the funding for the Doolin scheme re- cently. It was announced that €6.04 million has been made available for the Doolin scheme. However, it didn’t mention that there was a fund- ing deficit of €5.388 million for this project. This would have to be made up by the local people.”