Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 February 2015
579. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form county by county, the number of septic tank grant applications; successful applications; outstanding applications; the average time-frame for a grant decision; the total money spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5725/15]
View answer582. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money expended by his Department to date, broken down by local authority, under the private waste water remedial grant, introduced by the previous Minister, as part of the introduction of the mandatory registration of private waste water systems; the number of grants paid by each authority; the number that reached the maximum threshold allowed for an individual grant; the number of inspections carried out to date; the number of these that related to unregistered properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5811/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 579 and 582 together.
Neither I, nor my Department, have any direct role in monitoring the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s ( EPA) National Inspection Plan for domestic waste water treatment systems by the local authorities. However, the EPA has conducted a review on the implementation of the Plan for the period from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014. The report contains a breakdown by county of inspections that have taken place and includes details relating to non-compliant treatment systems and advisory notices. It is available on the Agency’s website at the following link: http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/water/wastewater/Report%20National%20Inspection%20Plan%20Web.pdf.
Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided to recoup local authorities the grants they pay in respect of domestic waste water treatment systems, is devolved to the local authorities. Information is not therefore held by my Department on applications in train with local authorities. Details of the grants recouped by my Department in 2014 to the local authorities in this respect are set out in the table below:
|
County |
Grant Amount Recouped to Local Authority |
Number of grants Recouped |
|
|
€ |
|
|
Galway |
15,300 |
4 |
|
Leitrim |
2,500 |
1 |
|
Limerick |
14,500 |
4 |
|
Longford |
4,000 |
1 |
|
Louth |
4,000 |
1 |
|
Meath |
30,476 |
9 |
|
Roscommon |
4,000 |
1 |
|
Sligo |
11,161 |
3 |
|
Tipperary |
9,741 |
4 |
|
Westmeath |
2,896 |
1 |
