Vol. 522 No. 4
51 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the target date by which the discharge of untreated sewage into watercourses from urban sewerage systems will have been definitively terminated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18562/00]
I refer to the reply to Question No. 23 of 29 February 2000, which indicated that all waste water discharges from systems with a population equivalent to more than 2,000, must, in line with EU and national legislation, be treated by 3 December 2005. An earlier deadline of 31 December 2000 applies in respect of discharges from major urban centres.
