Water Pollution

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 January 2013

Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Ceisteanna (639)

Clare Daly

Ceist:

639. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any public body is being fined for discharging raw sewerage into the sea at Rush, County Dublin. [58163/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The operation, maintenance and management of public water services infrastructure is the responsibility of the relevant water services authority, in this case Fingal County Council, under the general supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In addition, discharges from water service authority facilities are regulated under the Waste Water Discharge (Authorisation) Regulations, 2007, under which discharges are licensed/authorised by the EPA.