Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 November 2014
530. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the eligibility criteria for grants for replacement of septic tanks; the total funding for the grant by county; the number of applications for the grant since its introduction; and the number of grants paid. [44320/14]
View answerThe Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, brought into operation a grants scheme to assist with the cost of remediation of septic tanks and domestic waste water treatment systems which are deemed, following inspection under the EPA’s National Inspection Plan and the subsequent issue of an Advisory Notice by the local authority, to require repair or upgrading. The qualification criteria are set out in the legislation and full details of the scheme, including eligibility criteria, are set out in the explanatory leaflet and application form published on my Department’s website at:http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/Environment/Water/FileDownLoad,33607,en.pdf.
Applications for grant aid in respect of remediation works are submitted to and processed by the local authorities who then seek recoupment of the amounts paid from my Department. There is no specific fund set aside for the grants scheme. Grants are recouped to the local authorities, on a demand-led basis, from my Department’s Rural Water Programme. Details of the grants recouped by my Department to date are set out in the following table.
SEPTIC TANKS 2014
|
County |
No. of Grants |
Amount Drawn |
|
Carlow |
- |
|
|
Cavan |
- |
|
|
Clare |
- |
|
|
Cork |
- |
|
|
Donegal |
- |
|
|
Galway |
4 |
15,300.06 |
|
Kerry |
- |
|
|
Kildare |
- |
|
|
Kilkenny |
- |
|
|
Laois |
- |
|
|
Leitrim |
- |
|
|
Limerick |
3 |
10,500 |
|
Longford |
1 |
4,000 |
|
Louth |
1 |
4,000 |
|
Mayo |
- |
|
|
Meath |
7 |
25,714.32 |
|
Monaghan |
- |
|
|
Offaly |
- |
|
|
Roscommon |
- |
|
|
Sligo |
1 |
3,161.75 |
|
Tipperary |
3 |
6,364.40 |
|
Waterford |
- |
|
|
Westmeath |
- |
|
|
Wexford |
- |
|
|
Wicklow |
- |
|
|
- |
||
|
Total |
20 |
69,040.53 |
