Water Services

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 June 2012

Thursday, 14 June 2012

Ceisteanna (99)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

100 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the septic tank registration regulations were published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28814/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Deputy Phil Hogan)

The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 provides for the establishment of a register of domestic wastewater treatment systems. The Act also provides that I, as Minister, may make regulations setting out procedural provisions for registration, including the format of the register, the fee payable and the date by which registration should be completed. Arrangements are being put in place to facilitate the registration system including the development by the Local Government Management Agency of an on-line registration facility. When these arrangements are completed I will sign the necessary regulations to give legal effect to the procedural provisions for registration. At that stage, the relevant Statutory Instrument will be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, in accordance with Section 18 of the Water Services Act 2007.