I understand that the question is referring to my Department’s Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems Financial Assistance Grants. These are grants available to householders to replace, repair or upgrade their domestic waste water treatment systems, commonly called septic tanks.
The establishment of the registration and inspection systems involved a number of organisations including the Environmental Protection Agency, the local authorities and my Department. My Department does not have the total establishment costs.
The grant schemes are administered by the local authorities on behalf of my Department and further details on the grants can be found at the link below, or from each local authority.
www.gov.ie/en/publication/6cc1e-domestic-waste-water-treatment-systems-septic-tanks/
The table below sets out, by year, the capital amounts paid to local authorities by my Department for householders availing of these grants since the schemes were launched in 2012.
Year
|
Amount Paid(€)
|
2014
|
98,575
|
2015
|
256,558
|
2016
|
211,999
|
2017
|
199,321
|
2018
|
289,498
|
2019
|
497,719
|
2020
|
388,982
|
2021
|
752,766
|
2022
|
981,108
|
No payments were made in 2012 or 2013.