Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 April 2018
1544. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated number of domestic wastewater systems here in tabular form; the number of other private housing estate wastewater systems by local authority area; the number of each registered by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder the Water Services (Amendment) Act, 2012 each water services authority is required to establish and maintain a register of domestic waste water treatment systems situated within its functional area.
The most recent Census, published in 2016 by the Central Statistics Office, indicated that there were 438,319 septic tanks and 50,750 individual treatment systems in Ireland. A total of 464,114 systems are registered at present.
The following table gives the breakdown of registrations by local authority. Statistics are not available in relation to whether a particular registration refers to an individual or shared septic tank.
Domestic Wastewater Registrations by LA
|
Water Services Authority |
Registered Properties |
|
Carlow County Council |
6,420 |
|
Cavan County Council |
14,075 |
|
Clare County Council |
20,134 |
|
Cork City Council |
610 |
|
Cork County Council |
52,213 |
|
Donegal County Council |
29,333 |
|
Dublin City Council |
133 |
|
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
1,155 |
|
Fingal County Council |
3,392 |
|
Galway City Council |
788 |
|
Galway County Council |
40,178 |
|
Kerry County Council |
33,003 |
|
Kildare County Council |
14,052 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
13,569 |
|
Laois County Council |
10,104 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
7,774 |
|
Limerick City Council |
281 |
|
Limerick County Council |
21,563 |
|
Longford County Council |
7,438 |
|
Louth County Council |
9,698 |
|
Mayo County Council |
28,478 |
|
Meath County Council |
18,967 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
11,258 |
|
North Tipperary County Council |
12,082 |
|
Offaly County Council |
9,741 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
14,641 |
|
Sligo County Council |
11,478 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
1,242 |
|
South Tipperary County Council |
13,206 |
|
Waterford City Council |
403 |
|
Waterford County Council |
9,583 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
11,428 |
|
Wexford County Council |
24,354 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
11,340 |
|
Total: |
464,114 |
