Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 September 2022
39. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason he is not resolving the grant system for persons who were not registered for septic tanks and who have had an inspection and been refused the grant assistance as their tank was not registered. [46756/22]
View answerMy Department provides financial assistance towards the remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or the replacement of a domestic waste water treatment system under new and revised grant schemes, which launched in June 2020. The schemes are focused on areas of greatest environmental priority rather than general in application. This is in line with Government Policy which is framed in the context of meeting relevant obligations under legislation.
The Water Services Act 2007, as amended, required all owners of premises served by an individual domestic waste water treatment system to have the system entered into a register maintained by local authorities. The prescribed date of 1 February 2013 was appointed by the Water Services Act 2007 and 2012 Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Registration) Regulations 2012, as amended. New houses with domestic treatment systems continue to be required to register.
In implementing the revised arrangements, my Department has undertaken to conduct a review of these grant schemes, to ensure their continued alignment with policy objectives. The review is ongoing and is expected to be completed by year end.
