asked the Minister for the Environment the number of licences issued by each local authority to persons to discharge trade or sewage effluent under the Water Pollution Act, 1977.
Written Answers. - Effluent Discharge.
434.
Following is the information:—
Number of licences to discharge trade or sewage effluent issued under the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 at 30 June 1981
|
Local Authority |
To Waters |
To Sewers |
Total |
|
Co. Councils |
|||
|
Carlow |
5 |
Nil |
5 |
|
Cavan |
12 |
Nil |
12 |
|
Clare |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Cork |
135 |
12 |
147 |
|
Donegal |
14 |
35 |
49 |
|
Dublin |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Galway |
41 |
20 |
61 |
|
Kerry |
19 |
2 |
21 |
|
Kildare |
3 |
Nil |
3 |
|
Kilkenny |
5 |
Nil |
5 |
|
Laois |
2 |
Nil |
2 |
|
Leitrim |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Limerick |
56 |
Nil |
56 |
|
Longford |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Louth |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Mayo |
6 |
3 |
9 |
|
Meath |
8 |
Nil |
8 |
|
Monaghan |
2 |
Nil |
2 |
|
Offaly |
8 |
Nil |
8 |
|
Roscommon |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Sligo |
10 |
Nil |
10 |
|
Tipperary (N.R.) |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
Tipperary (S.R.) |
40 |
13 |
53 |
|
Waterford |
5 |
10 |
15 |
|
Westmeath |
6 |
5 |
11 |
|
Wexford |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
Wicklow |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Co. Boroughs |
|||
|
Cork |
Nil |
5 |
5 |
|
Dublin |
3 |
Nil |
3 |
|
Limerick |
Nil |
4 |
4 |
|
Waterford |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Corporation |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
|
Urban District Councils |
|||
|
Bray |
— |
3 |
3 |
|
Cavan |
— |
1 |
1 |
|
Mallow |
— |
1 |
1 |
|
Monaghan |
— |
1 |
1 |
|
TOTAL: |
391 |
126 |
517 |
Notes
1 The main control functions under the Act including the licensing of discharges to water are vested in county councils, county borough corporations and the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire. Urban authorities as sanitary authorities are however responsible for licensing of discharges to sewers in their areas.
2 The figures given in the table are the total number of licences issued from the coming into operation of the Act to 30 June 1981.